Superlite27
Regular Member
I'll bet this has never happened to any of you:
This past weekend, I'm in my local Wal-Mart looking for my favorite brand of frozen burritos. I see a Wal-Mart employee at the end of the aisle, so I roll my cart on over to ask him where they've been moved to. As I engage the employee in conversation, I am passed, left shoulder to left shoulder, by one of Bowling Green's finest in full uniformed, shiny badged, splendor. I offer a kind "How ya doin'?" and look back to the Wal-Mart employee for the answer to my burrito enquiry.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see the officer pull a full 180 degree "pivot" and jump into what can only be described as a "FULL TACTICAL CROUCH"!
He has obviously spotted my firearm.
He is frozen in a position with his hands splayed about a foot away from his front pockets, arms slightly bent at the elbows, knees shoulder width apart and slightly bent, torso in a forward cant.....he looks like he's ready to.....wrestle? Jump over a shelf? Start dancing? Whatever it is he looks very.....ready.
I see Wal-Mart Guy do your classic "lean out and look behind me over my shoulder".
I'm thinking "Here it comes!". The inevitable "police confrontation". I am now purposefully ignoring Officer Jumpy (while keeping a very close eye on him). I follow Wal-Mart Guy around to the next aisle and turn on my voice recorder in order to not have to do so when approached by Officer Jumpy. I'm watching both ends of the next aisle wondering "Will he approach directly from that end, or approach behind me from this end?" so I keep glancing over my shoulder.
I continue shopping for another 15 minutes.
Hmmmmm. He's probably waiting for backup. I now fully expect to be approached by a group of officers. This is only getting worse.
Another 10 minutes. I'm headed to checkout.
Ahhhhhh! They're going to get me as I exit! Must not want an armed confrontation with all the customers milling about. I'm now dreading walking out the exit to be swarmed by SWAT.
Well...here we go! Out the front door!
Where I spy a single unoccupied squad car parked at the curb. Obviously belonging to the officer inside the store.
No cops? Hmmmmm. Strange. I distinctly remember a uniformed officer going all "tactical" in the aisle next to the burritos. Think he's still frozen there in the "full ready" position?
I loaded my groceries into my vehicle and drove home.
Has anyone ever had an obvious "reaction" by a LEO, yet not been approached?
I'm wondering: Maybe after his initial "surprise", I finally encountered an officer that figured it out on his own? What? No authoritative posturing? No preaching or need to investigate?
What's the world coming to when an opely armed citizen gets left alone by the cops?
This past weekend, I'm in my local Wal-Mart looking for my favorite brand of frozen burritos. I see a Wal-Mart employee at the end of the aisle, so I roll my cart on over to ask him where they've been moved to. As I engage the employee in conversation, I am passed, left shoulder to left shoulder, by one of Bowling Green's finest in full uniformed, shiny badged, splendor. I offer a kind "How ya doin'?" and look back to the Wal-Mart employee for the answer to my burrito enquiry.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see the officer pull a full 180 degree "pivot" and jump into what can only be described as a "FULL TACTICAL CROUCH"!
He has obviously spotted my firearm.
He is frozen in a position with his hands splayed about a foot away from his front pockets, arms slightly bent at the elbows, knees shoulder width apart and slightly bent, torso in a forward cant.....he looks like he's ready to.....wrestle? Jump over a shelf? Start dancing? Whatever it is he looks very.....ready.
I see Wal-Mart Guy do your classic "lean out and look behind me over my shoulder".
I'm thinking "Here it comes!". The inevitable "police confrontation". I am now purposefully ignoring Officer Jumpy (while keeping a very close eye on him). I follow Wal-Mart Guy around to the next aisle and turn on my voice recorder in order to not have to do so when approached by Officer Jumpy. I'm watching both ends of the next aisle wondering "Will he approach directly from that end, or approach behind me from this end?" so I keep glancing over my shoulder.
I continue shopping for another 15 minutes.
Hmmmmm. He's probably waiting for backup. I now fully expect to be approached by a group of officers. This is only getting worse.
Another 10 minutes. I'm headed to checkout.
Ahhhhhh! They're going to get me as I exit! Must not want an armed confrontation with all the customers milling about. I'm now dreading walking out the exit to be swarmed by SWAT.
Well...here we go! Out the front door!
Where I spy a single unoccupied squad car parked at the curb. Obviously belonging to the officer inside the store.
No cops? Hmmmmm. Strange. I distinctly remember a uniformed officer going all "tactical" in the aisle next to the burritos. Think he's still frozen there in the "full ready" position?
I loaded my groceries into my vehicle and drove home.
Has anyone ever had an obvious "reaction" by a LEO, yet not been approached?
I'm wondering: Maybe after his initial "surprise", I finally encountered an officer that figured it out on his own? What? No authoritative posturing? No preaching or need to investigate?
What's the world coming to when an opely armed citizen gets left alone by the cops?