carry for myself
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so i went down to OOB with a friend, check out the night life. was CC due to the massive crowds , was OC before but covered when i got out of the car.
anyway was walking down east grand. headed towards away from the square infront of the galaxy. there was a banger type sitting on a bench, looking very ansy, tapping feet, looking back and forth with both hands in his pockets.
right as i got to him he got up very quickly and started following a very old french couple that was walking infront of me very closely. we kept heading away from the square *on the way back to the car* and he stayed about 2ft behind the couple. kept eying her purse. his back pocket. all while looking in a 360, and slowing down when bike cops rode by.
he started shuffling around in his right pocket. hand opening and closing over and over. i stepped partially to the right to get a better view of what was in his hand, and saw the butt of what looked like a wood handled .38.
slowly reached my right hand under my shirt to my glock 23. pressed the release on my serpa and slowly started to draw just as he was pulling his hand and a firearm out of his pocket.............the .38 was a very convincing cigarette lighter which he then used to light a smoke before turning down a side street.
2 things......PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE LIGHTERS THAT LOOK LIKE GUNS!:banghead:
and second if it werent for the illumination coming out of a store, i probably would have drawn or fired .........so i feel lucky for both of us.
just figured i would share.
anyway was walking down east grand. headed towards away from the square infront of the galaxy. there was a banger type sitting on a bench, looking very ansy, tapping feet, looking back and forth with both hands in his pockets.
right as i got to him he got up very quickly and started following a very old french couple that was walking infront of me very closely. we kept heading away from the square *on the way back to the car* and he stayed about 2ft behind the couple. kept eying her purse. his back pocket. all while looking in a 360, and slowing down when bike cops rode by.
he started shuffling around in his right pocket. hand opening and closing over and over. i stepped partially to the right to get a better view of what was in his hand, and saw the butt of what looked like a wood handled .38.
slowly reached my right hand under my shirt to my glock 23. pressed the release on my serpa and slowly started to draw just as he was pulling his hand and a firearm out of his pocket.............the .38 was a very convincing cigarette lighter which he then used to light a smoke before turning down a side street.
2 things......PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE LIGHTERS THAT LOOK LIKE GUNS!:banghead:
and second if it werent for the illumination coming out of a store, i probably would have drawn or fired .........so i feel lucky for both of us.
just figured i would share.
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