Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

(12,148 posts)

6. Was the victim carrying openly?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sun May 1, 2016, 09:54 AM

May 2016

Most incidents such as this (I am aware of a couple) involve open carrying in a holster with no retention, in very close proximity to others. Some retention training and a retention holster, or actually carrying concealed rather than openly, would have been wise in this case.

Looking at the pics, that doesn't look like a pocket gun, so I'm trying to figure out what a "back pocket holster" is. Did he just have the slide jammed in his pocket?

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

15 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Suspect steals gun from victim at valley McDonald's [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

Unlike the gun mavens that frequent DU, this gun toter... Human101948 May 2016 #1

Does this instance invalidate all the times people have successfully defended themselves? Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #2

I wonder how many times this happens SecularMotion May 2016 #3

Does daydreaming about bad things happening to other people make you feel better? Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #4

Gun control folk really need to think of themselves as "Nice People" DonP May 2016 #14

Always be aware of the scumbags around you. ileus May 2016 #5

Was the victim carrying openly? benEzra May 2016 #6

a wallet holster? gejohnston May 2016 #8

Could be. From the pic, it looked larger than a pocket gun, benEzra May 2016 #9

probably thought it was a wallet gejohnston May 2016 #7

Hoping this criminal gets caught TeddyR May 2016 #10

I suspect they would rather sarisataka May 2016 #11

This is one of the reasons sarisataka May 2016 #12

Gee, if just had a gun . . .oh, wait . . . flamin lib May 2016 #13

Go on, have the courage of your convictions and finish what you were saying... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #15