What would you do if you spotted one?

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If you were in public and spotted someone's CCW that was "showing," what would you do?

I know what I'd do...but I'm curious to hear how others might react.
 
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I would discreetly walk up to him, or her, and whisper, "You're showing". The same way I'd let someone know they have toilet paper stuck to their shoe when they're exiting the restroom.
 
I might walk up and show him my badge and say, "hey, you're sticking out a little obvious there bud."

Or, I might just go about my business.
 
OC is legal in CO unless your downtown Denver, so I would guess there's nothing to say.
 
I would discreetly walk up to him, or her, and whisper, "You're showing". The same way I'd let someone know they have toilet paper stuck to their shoe when they're exiting the restroom.

X2 I would let him or her know befor the wrong person was to see it.
 
Happened to me when I still lived in VA, where open carry was legal. Guy had a 1911 in target, holstered in such a way that I didn't know if he was trying to carry openly or conceal, so I just politely said "Excuse, I don't know if you knew your 1911 was showing... just wanted to tell you in case you didn't."

He said thanks.

That was that.
 
In Louisiana, nothing other than maybe ask how the person likes the gun they are carrying. This is a gun friendly state in many ways. Open carry is legal, CC is legal with a permit and printing is not a crime.
 
OC is OK in PA.

I think I would only mention it in a scenario like.... A guy in WalMart bends over to pick something off a low shelf and in doing so exposes his CCW. Then I can see myself saying something.
 
Call the police and report "a man with a gun."

Ahh! that's the answer I was looking for. But of course this doesn't apply in states with OC or where "showing" isn't a crime (guess I should've mentioned that before, huh?) :o

And of course, every situation would be different. If it's a little old lady, I don't think I'd be calling the cops on her. Each scenario would require its own judgement call.
But I've gotta admit.... When I started this thread my mindset was that I would report seeing "a man with a gun," unless it was the aforementioned "little old lady" or, for whatever reason, the guy didn't look too threatening.
But now, after reading all the replys and thinking it over more thoroughly, I don't know how fast I'd be to make that call. If he/she has a permit to carry...I'd be getting "one of our own" in trouble.
Maybe "Bailey Boat's" answer is the best one: Mind my own business....
 
I'd have to make a determination as to whether or not I thought it was a law-abiding citizen with a CCW or a thug about to rob the store. I know that's a tough call, but around here it's not hard to tell. Citizen: I quietly let him know. Thug: I get out of Dodge and possibly call PD.
 
I would discretely let him know he was showing because if I was ever accidently showing I would hope a fellow gun toter would do the same for me.
 
Hate to be the monkey wrench here, but most of us were presuming -- until fairly late in this thread -- that this person is carrying legally -- and wasn't about to rob the 7-11...

I'd eyeball him VERY carefully -- with my hand on my 640 .357 in my right pocket -- which I practice producing in one-half of one second...

He could be about to use that pistol on me -- and you can't always tell "thug" from "law-abiding citizen".

Ted Bundy was one of the most innocous looking people in the world.

Actually, it's this type of situation that led me to get a CCW in the first place.

One of the conditions of S.C.'s CCW law is..."It remains concealed -- and if it shows in ANY way, the law is being broken..."

The police are the ones to sort this one out...

(Of course, at a restaurant sometime back, I had to tell an auxilliary police woman I knew that she was "showing" and wasn't as plain clothes as she thought...)
 
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