Would You Tell Someone If You Noticed Them Printing.

[Smoke]

I frequently read posts in which people say nobody notices them printing. I really wonder does nobody notice or is nobody saying anything?

So here's the situation, you're walking through Walmart. You notice somebody Who You Don't Know printing or the butt of their gun is visible in their pocket.

Would you mention it or mind your own business.

 

[38 Specialist]

I'd probably stay away from them. The reason I ever carry guns is because other people have guns.

 

[Frailer]

If it looked like it was about to fall out I would probably say something.

Otherwise I’ll be minding my own business.

 

[fiasconva]

I made the mistake of telling a young man his firearm was showing at our local gun free mall a few years ago. He got irate and said it was supposed to be showing. I learned my lesson and told myself "Never again!"

 

[Pisgah]

"Mind your own business" is just about the best advice I can give anyone, in just about any situation. In my state, open carry is legal, as is carry (open or concealed) without a permit. So tattling on everyone you see with a gun is not going to earn you any points with anyone...

 

[geeollie]

Mind my own business....and probably take extra notice of them and remain in Cooper's Condition Yellow.
Maybe it could be Condition Yellow and 1/2.

 

[rockquarry]

What is Cooper's Condition Yellow?

 

[Cphobes]

Tough call, likely as most have said, mind your own business. If it were a friend certainly, I'd say something. But a stranger? No definitely not.

I'd think saying something will draw attention to both that person and myself, not something I want in a public setting.

 

[pharmer]

Who would I mention it to. The "printer" is responsible for him/herself. Joe

 

[rockquarry]

Is "printing" a term that came about only because of the concealed carry hobby/fad/ duty? I don't recall the word being used in such a way before that.

 

[Smoke]

What is Cooper's Condition Yellow?

According to Cooper condition yellow is a general awareness that the world is not a safe place. He described it as going about your business as normal with the thought in the back of your mind "I may have to defend myself today."


Straight from the horse's mouth

So, based on that, if the other poster had to actually see somebody with a gun before he went into condition yellow he's waaay behind the curve

 

[.455_Hunter]

One evening in Walmart, I complemented a fellow shopper on his choice of a classic Colt DS or Cobra as his carry gun. His eyes got real big as he had intended to NOT be open carrying. A gracious thank you followed.

 

[6518John]

The best advice my old daddy gave me was “never miss a chance to mind your own business.” The second best advice, no extra charge, was “the only way to make a good deal is when you don’t have to make one.”

 

[robertrwalsh]

Yes. I have in fact done so.

 

[Breakaway500]

I’d mind my own business. No threat to me.

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[Smoke]

One evening in Walmart, I complemented a fellow shopper on his choice of a classic Colt DS or Cobra as his carry gun. His eyes got real big as he had intended to NOT be open carrying. A gracious thank you followed.

Did you go around his wife to say it?

 

[geeollie]

Jeff Cooper is considered by many/some to be the "father" of modern combat handgun methods.
As described above his method taught an awareness "code" that was by color.
It is a good system and is taught in many different schools other than just Cooper's Gunsight Academy.

 

[alwslate]

Indiana is an open carry state. I have rarely seen anyone open carrying but I have seen a few people in the grocery store who were just barely carrying concealed. Some strangers are pretty strange, so I just keep my mouth shut.

 

[fatcat3]