Possmo
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I'm in Columbus, GA and the GF and I frequently do late grocery runs at the Airport Throughway Wallyworld. It's about 10:30AMand we're leaving the store. As we walk toward our car I notice two guys (early 20s'ish, white, shorts, waistbands down to midhip)hanging out at the end of the row.Both facing each other passing something back and forth and I'm thinking, "Here is the elusive drug dealer in his natural habitat." That's just the impression I got on the fly as we got to our vehicle. As we begin to pull out of the spot I get a great view of the object they're playing with and it's a nice shiny pistol.
They hadn't seen us or we'd have gotten out of Dodge. So we stopped the car, I took the girlfriends cellphone and made a 911 call. As I'm doing this these guys are aiming at the ground, the air, the people walking up the row and having little giggle fits. Here's where I start to get the impression that it's a pellet gun or a plain old toy but it's got no orange markings andI'm taking no chances. I tell the 911 op the situation, the car tag and the fact that these two guys had just been joined by two other people and are taking off. Dispatcher tells me that they'll have someone check it out. We hang up.
So as I stated, midway into all of this I got a strong impression that this may be a toy. It did look real enough though. My gf figured it could have been a nickel plated gun but I had enough time to observe how light it looked in their hands. Having parked on the opposite side of the opposite row I had the benefit of that time for observation. Real or not, I have a strong feeling that, if we'd have chanced to have parked in the same row as these two, and I walked right up and past themI may havebeen involved in a shooting in self defense. Considering that they were pointing this thing all over the place, I'm sure they'll get themselves killed eventually if this is normal behavior.
I've been a concealed carrier for the past two years or so but I've been lurking here trying to educate myself before I decide to take the plunge and OC.
Oh, there's usually an Allied Barton security car at this location. Lookin' all yellow flashy and stuff. It was absent. There was a police cruiser at the entrance we used, but it was empty during this entire event.
Edit for adding that this was Monday night.
I'm in Columbus, GA and the GF and I frequently do late grocery runs at the Airport Throughway Wallyworld. It's about 10:30AMand we're leaving the store. As we walk toward our car I notice two guys (early 20s'ish, white, shorts, waistbands down to midhip)hanging out at the end of the row.Both facing each other passing something back and forth and I'm thinking, "Here is the elusive drug dealer in his natural habitat." That's just the impression I got on the fly as we got to our vehicle. As we begin to pull out of the spot I get a great view of the object they're playing with and it's a nice shiny pistol.
They hadn't seen us or we'd have gotten out of Dodge. So we stopped the car, I took the girlfriends cellphone and made a 911 call. As I'm doing this these guys are aiming at the ground, the air, the people walking up the row and having little giggle fits. Here's where I start to get the impression that it's a pellet gun or a plain old toy but it's got no orange markings andI'm taking no chances. I tell the 911 op the situation, the car tag and the fact that these two guys had just been joined by two other people and are taking off. Dispatcher tells me that they'll have someone check it out. We hang up.
So as I stated, midway into all of this I got a strong impression that this may be a toy. It did look real enough though. My gf figured it could have been a nickel plated gun but I had enough time to observe how light it looked in their hands. Having parked on the opposite side of the opposite row I had the benefit of that time for observation. Real or not, I have a strong feeling that, if we'd have chanced to have parked in the same row as these two, and I walked right up and past themI may havebeen involved in a shooting in self defense. Considering that they were pointing this thing all over the place, I'm sure they'll get themselves killed eventually if this is normal behavior.
I've been a concealed carrier for the past two years or so but I've been lurking here trying to educate myself before I decide to take the plunge and OC.
Oh, there's usually an Allied Barton security car at this location. Lookin' all yellow flashy and stuff. It was absent. There was a police cruiser at the entrance we used, but it was empty during this entire event.
Edit for adding that this was Monday night.