Spotting concealed weapons
An article from the San Francisco Chronicle on spotting concealed guns. Seems the criminal element is not inclined to use holsters.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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February 9th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Lookout he has an illegal gun! His coat isnt hanging evenly! Oh… its just his keys and a cell phone.
Lookout he has an illegal gun! He offered to greet me with his left hand! Oh… your a vet and lost the use of your right arm in battle.
I could go on but no benefit in beating a dead paranoid horse.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
As paranoid and susceptible to false positives as these tips might be, increasing people’s level of awareness with regards to their surroundings is generally a good thing.
February 9th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Hehe, they’d so miss me. Bad enough I use the wrong hand, but none of that stuff was even outside my normal behavior when I didn’t carry. How about people hiding legal weapons? They ever think of that?
February 9th, 2012 at 4:35 pm
I am all for situational awareness, but the tone and language used in the article is far from useful as a teaching aid. Focusing on things like “illegal concealed weapon” and the focus on normal behavior as an indicator of illegal and malicious activity discredit any intended usefulness. If the article took the approach of showing how a combination of behaviors and visual indicators should raise awareness and suggest avoidance, I wouldnt have had the same comments.
February 10th, 2012 at 12:16 am
The only holster I’ve ever seen a bad guy use is an uncle mike’s clip on, and that was a rarity in of itself.
February 10th, 2012 at 2:12 am
I learned early in my career that holsters are a sign of good guys.
Bad guys want to be able to ditch a gun at a moment’s notice (like during a foot chase) and be able to say “Not mine” when the cop finds it laying on the ground.
An empty holster is evidence I can use to tie the gun to the goblin.
Before FL passed the “shall issue” law, I found people with guns and no permits. The people with holsters were never criminals, and never got hassled, either.