I’m dying over here. Thank you so much for the funny stories. I’ve never understood why people would argue with uniformed people who openly carry side arms.
Back when I worked at a library, one of the unarmed security guys got into a pissing match with the cops who wanted him to turn the sprinklers on to disperse the people who were setting fires. (long story that, and I’m still not sure why they were trying to burn down the library instead of city hall.)
Of course we had meetings about it and the group mind agreed that it was never a good idea to argue with someone who is carrying a gun.
I think I posted about this here, but I’ll be rude and repeat myself.
I spend my Saturdays at PetStore, trying to find homes for homeless critters. We sit by the door and can see the cash registers. One day, we noticed a very hunky guy who was wearing jungle fatigues, combat boots, a very tight t-shirt and a Desert Eagle in a tactical rig on his right hip.
(if anyone wants a better description, I still remember how his butt looked when he bent over to pet the puppies. his loose pants got tight over his very firm looking butt…)
Anyhow, when he was standing in the check out lane some idiot speed freak pulled a knife on the cashier and told her to give him all of her money.
The look on the good guy’s face was like really? Are you really that stupid?
Then he jammed his gun into the idiot’s back and told him to drop the knife. Knife was dropped, idiot was arrested, hero got taken into the managers office and door was closed and locked.
Of course, those of us outside the locked door were saying things like “GET SOME!!!” When they came out a while later, they both looked very happy.
While I still remember the happy looks on their faces, its the “OMG, are you that stupid?” look on hero’s face that makes me laugh.