independence
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I was CCing while doing some contract repair work at a restaurant the other day (I usually OC) when a male cop drives up in a squad car and walks in. The restaurant is a fast food place in a rural North Mississippi town, and the cop had a uniform corresponding to the town name. The cop struck up a conversation with the female cashier who he seemed to know and I noticed that he wasn't wearing a gun, or even anything resembling a gun belt.
At a break in the conversation, I say, "No gun belt today? Where's your gun?" He looks rather sheepish and says, "Well...I took a chance this time and left it in the car. Yeah, it's on the floor boards of the car." I say, "Oh..." The cashier jokes with him not to worry because they have plenty of kitchen knives if something goes down.
I was floored. (Pardon the pun.) After he left, I commented on the absurdity of it to her and she said, "Yeah, he always does that." That really surprised me. Maybe he had a backup gun, or maybe not but it is still really odd no matter how you analyze it.
Later on, a county cop comes in and he was properly armed. He seems to know the cashier as well and strikes up a conversation. I interrupt and say to the cashier, "Well, at least this cop's an upgrade from the one we had before: He's actually is wearing a gun." She laughs and we tell him the story of the previous cop and he, too, seems puzzled. He comments that one of these days he may wish he had it.
So this is a story of un-open carry. By a cop. And it seems like something is missing from the story. I don't know what, though. With him not even having the belt on at all, it really makes you wonder. It's not like he just unholstered. He took the whole belt off. Or never wears it. Or something. And she said he does that all the time. And there was no prohibitive sign on the door, either.
Very puzzling, indeed.
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At a break in the conversation, I say, "No gun belt today? Where's your gun?" He looks rather sheepish and says, "Well...I took a chance this time and left it in the car. Yeah, it's on the floor boards of the car." I say, "Oh..." The cashier jokes with him not to worry because they have plenty of kitchen knives if something goes down.
I was floored. (Pardon the pun.) After he left, I commented on the absurdity of it to her and she said, "Yeah, he always does that." That really surprised me. Maybe he had a backup gun, or maybe not but it is still really odd no matter how you analyze it.
Later on, a county cop comes in and he was properly armed. He seems to know the cashier as well and strikes up a conversation. I interrupt and say to the cashier, "Well, at least this cop's an upgrade from the one we had before: He's actually is wearing a gun." She laughs and we tell him the story of the previous cop and he, too, seems puzzled. He comments that one of these days he may wish he had it.
So this is a story of un-open carry. By a cop. And it seems like something is missing from the story. I don't know what, though. With him not even having the belt on at all, it really makes you wonder. It's not like he just unholstered. He took the whole belt off. Or never wears it. Or something. And she said he does that all the time. And there was no prohibitive sign on the door, either.
Very puzzling, indeed.
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