Man with a Gun

[GlockSpock]

So, as stated previously, my occupation requires me to drive a vehicle around the area quite a bit everyday. Today I was driving around a neighborhood in the city and noticed that there was a man who seemed to be wearing a black t-shirt and what looked like plaid boxers. He had a cell phone to one ear and a revolver in the other. I noticed another car driving by stop and they conversed a bit.  He was not very careful with the revolver and was waving it around some all the while still on the phone.
I thought briefly and decided to call 911. While on the phone with 911,I noticed he started hovering around a driveway and walking towards the house. It seems that the previously mentioned vehicle backed into this very same driveway.

I hung out on a side street in the safety of my vehicle and waited around for a brief moment. Within about 2 minutes a patrol car pulls up. I'm sitting there in my perfectly marked vehicle with strobes on; It is obvious to the officer that it was me that called the call in. Luckily enough I went to school with the officer and chatted it up for a few seconds, me relaying what I saw to him directly. He went up to check it out and I decided to pull away and go work somewhere else. About 10 minutes later I see the officer driving down a main road away from the incident so it must have been nothing serious.

Now, do you think I did the right thing. I am very, very pro-gun. I of course have a HCP. A man carrying a gun down any public road is not automatically an issue to me. However, a man holding a handgun while walking down a public road is alarming to me. As pro-gun as I am, I know not to walk down the street holding my Glock 19 in my hand. My thoughts were at the time perhaps that he was threatening to take his own life (or that of his family). Mentally unstable people surround us. However, after the fact and since nothing really seemed to have went down, I got to thinking how pissed I would be if I were transporting a gun from my house to my vehicle and then the cops came to check me out because a neighbor/passerby phoned in a man with a gun. I know that isn't exactly the same but it is similar.

Edited August 30, 2016 by CZ9MM

[monkeylizard]

Was it an Army or Navy pistol carried on or about the hand? 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2016 by monkeylizard

[GlockSpock]

Was it an Army or Navy pistol carried on or about the hand?  [emoji3]

 

 

Lol. I don't think so.


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[KahrMan]

8 minutes ago, monkeylizard said:

Was it an Army or Navy pistol carried on or about the hand? 

 

 

He is in Cleveland not Belle Meade...

[GlockSpock]

He is in Cleveland not Belle Meade...

I think this is what he was vaguely referring to:

http://smartgunlaws.org/state-right-to-bear-arms-in-tennessee/


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[TNWNGR]

I think you exercised good judgement in calling 911 based on what you've presented here. 

[monkeylizard]

36 minutes ago, CZ9MM said:

I think this is what he was vaguely referring to:

http://smartgunlaws.org/state-right-to-bear-arms-in-tennessee/

I was, but KahrMan hit on the specific incident I was referring to.  http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/rex-radnor-lake-rambo-returns

Edited August 30, 2016 by monkeylizard

[DaveTN]

You did the right thing. If you see something; say something.

A person walking around with a gun in his hand is not normal. The fact that he is a gun owner doesn't get him a free pass with me; he could be headed over to kill his neighbor. If he isn't doing anything wrong; he won't have any problems.

 

[GlockSpock]

I was, but KahrMan hit on the specific incident I was referring to.  http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/rex-radnor-lake-rambo-returns

My bad!


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[monkeylizard]

I agree with DaveTN. Wearing a firearm and holding a firearm are two different things. You did the right thing.

[chances R]

with you 100%.  Some make the mistake of wanting to investigate what is going on themselves   You made the best choice.

[E4 No More]

1 hour ago, chances R said:

with you 100%.  Some make the mistake of wanting to investigate what is going on themselves   You made the best choice.

You mean GZ?

[DWARREN123]

I think you made a good call and let the police handle it.