A few years back, myself on a motorcycle, and another gentleman in a car were parking at the mall at the same time, in adjacent parking spaces. I was relatively well dressed on a nice bike. As I’m taking off my helmet and beginning to walk away (angled away from him, with my bike in between us) he starts to pull up the front of his shirt and from the corner of my eye, I see him pull a Glock out from the front of his waistband and rack a round in the chamber. Owning several handguns, I recognized the sound immediately and turned around to see him holing it for a couple seconds before sticking it back in the front of his pants. I know his intention was to let me know he was armed, he wasn’t going to rob me or anything, but clearly inappropriate (as well as illegal). I don’t know, maybe he thought about robbing me or steeling my bike or something and changed his mind, but It certainly didn’t feel that way. He just casually walked into the mall. I couldn’t imagine getting to the point of committing a crime where I draw a gun and not getting out of there after that. I was pretty pissed, I didn’t know how to feel. I wasn’t scarred, I was just angry about it. Like he was looking down on me or something. All I can figure, is that he was new to the whole “carrying a gun” thing and he was a little overly excited about it. By the look of the guy, which is totally an assumption and completely improper, but I wouldn’t figure him to have a CHL. I was armed, but I didn't draw, as his gun was away before I had even fully assessed the situation. I did begin to pull up my shirt as soon as I saw the gun though, so at least my reaction was correct.
I’m a little bit more of an asshole these days, but if it were to happen again, instead of being angry and going on about my business, I would report it to the police, I should have done it then. If I was feeling really nasty about it, I might run off yelling, “I don’t have any money, please don’t kill me!” making a HUGE scene in front of everyone and tell the police that I thought I was being robbed, just to make sure he had a worse day than he gave me. It’s pretty pissy, I know, and if he was planning on robbing me and changed his mind when I wasn’t scared, that might have shown him that I was been a good victim after all, but that shows how mad I was about the whole thing. Still pisses me off.
What would you do in this situation?
I’m a little bit more of an asshole these days, but if it were to happen again, instead of being angry and going on about my business, I would report it to the police, I should have done it then. If I was feeling really nasty about it, I might run off yelling, “I don’t have any money, please don’t kill me!” making a HUGE scene in front of everyone and tell the police that I thought I was being robbed, just to make sure he had a worse day than he gave me. It’s pretty pissy, I know, and if he was planning on robbing me and changed his mind when I wasn’t scared, that might have shown him that I was been a good victim after all, but that shows how mad I was about the whole thing. Still pisses me off.
What would you do in this situation?
