My new neighbor is weird!

[Otis McNutt 395]

My downstairs neighbor moved out a couple months ago and a new guy rented the apartment. So anyway I meet him for the first time a few weeks ago as I was coming home from work at first he seemed really nice and then he got flustered and nervous and couldn't get away fast enough.

Well I learned later that the reason he got flustered was he saw my holster and gun underneath my jacket. A fact I learn the following day when I arrive home to a cop drawing down on me in my own Fraking driveway. Well after twenty minutes of explaining, phone calls and permit checks he leaves. I explained to my neighbor that I'm a Bank Security Guard and I have a concealed weapons permit. You'd think my Jacket with the "Securitas" patch would've tipped him off.

[Sahaqiel 1232]

I wouldn't think that's weird.

More like, freaked out?

[Skippy 82]

That's why I'm very particular about how I carry and conceal. I've only had one person ask me about it, and that was a neighbor who saw it when I helped him pick up his harley in his driveway and my shirt came up. Not a big deal, people around here are mostly accepting of it anyway.

Hopefully he understands now and that doesn't happen again, I hope I never have to deal with that myself.

[Otis McNutt 395]

It's not as if I was flashing it around and threatening people. If anything the cop was completely over reacting. He had me in cuffs while he was running down my permits.

[Skippy 82]

That is ridiculous, but that's how cops react to "man with a gun" calls. Unfortunately, we live in a society that tends to blanket guns as evil and paints them and the people who carry them, even for a legitimate purpose, with a very broad brush. I wouldn't expect that you would be flashing it around, but a glimpse is all that is needed for some people, and that factors into what and how I am carrying any given day.

The cop overreacted, but I understand why, he is going into a call where he knows someone is armed, and not a lot of information except what dispatch got from a likely very frantic call. That being said, he could have, and should have, approached this in a different way.

[Skippy 82]

The class is easy, good luck!

[Skippy 82]

I didn't have to provide any job history, the sheriff ran their own background check and got everything they needed.