I've always said that most problems in life can be solved with either a gun or a welder.
There are a substantial number of "conservatives" here that believe only our lords and knights should be "allowed" to open carry, so you've already gotten on their badside by simply doing that.
As for "intimidating someone with a weapon", that is BS. You didn't draw down on them. You don't give up the right to a little peace and quiet simply because you are armed.
Of course, if you were a cop, those same posters would not be accusing you of "intimidating someone with a weapon", since in their minds cops are superior to "average citizens". Quite the contrary, they'd be having orgasms over the "brave police officer" that enforced their will.
I think you did good. This country needs more folks like you willing to confront problems directly.
You sir, are an @$$.
Sounds like a case of Napoleon Syndrome.
Yes! By definition!
Sorry, Joe.......gotta side with the critics on this one. It was over the top.
I'm 5'8", 185+ (no, not fat either), and I neither carry nor even own a gun. I've never had a need for one. I have had to confront people before and I've never even had to take a swing. Demeanor and confidence (not to mention manners) can take you a long way in the overwhelming majority of cases.
As someone else pointed out, you more than likely wouldn't have done this if you hadn't been armed. That sidearm doesn't make the man, my friend. It's purely for self defense. Your comment about how many times your wearing it has saved your bacon tells me a lot. Most of us don't go looking for trouble. Either you live in a particularly dangerous area (which is possible, I suppose), or you have unwittingly allowed that weapon on your hip to affect your attitude.
Be very careful, and please re-evaluate your attitude towards being an armed citizen........for YOUR own sake.
They were there first. If you didn't like the noise, leave or put in ear plugs. How dare you give gun owners a bad image. Large groups of people are ALLWAYS noisy, drunk or not.
Now that would have been something to write about.
'There I was, minding my own business, doing my best to ignore the ruckus over in the corner of the cafe.
Twenty or so really bad-ass drunken bikers were slopping their brew all over the place, hollerin' and shoutin' at each other, pawing their 'mama's and utterly destroying the ambience to which I am accustomed to when I walk into a cafe at 4:30 in the morning.
‘I didn't expect anyone else to be up and about at the ungodly hour and figured the place would be deserted. (I did notice about 20 or so Harley's parked in front of the joint, but paid it no mind.)
‘Enough was Enough,’ I told myself. So I stood up, walked over to the out-of-control bunch of freaks, swung back my jacked to reveal the large bag of stash I was holding, circled the tables a couple of times, eye-balled the chicks and wondered which one I should sit next to.
'Deciding that the mama with the crowbar screwed through her nose was the pick of the litter, I pulled up a chair, waved to the bros, unholstered my stash and tossed it on the table. '
(To be continued . . . ) ;>
Sounds like an attempt to compensate for undersized anatomy.
If these punks had decided they weren't afraid of your 9mm you would have had to use it.
The jury might then decide that you had provoked the whole episode and convicted you of murder or assault with a deadly weapon.
Being armed requires more self-restraint, not less. Sometimes you have to put up with more crap than you would otherwise.
Remember, 12 people too stupid to lie their way out of jury duty may well sit in judgement of you.
Please do be careful.
I can't leave this alone.
Been tryin to let it go by all morning but just have to say something.
Loud AHs in restaurants is a personel pet peeve of mine. However, You committed a real crime in response to their social faux pas. They were AHs. You oughta be brought up on charges for reckless endangerment of everyone in that restaurant that morning.
If one of those drunk kids had drawn down on you and bullets flew, killing and or injuring god knows how many kids or waiters or cooks or other patrons .... given you were still breathing ... you'd get 20 years. Maybe life.
You are stupid stupid man.
It's one thing to be ignorant. It's another to let everyone else know.
Of course I believe that you are in an open carry state and therefor within the law as the God given right to protect ones self is amended in your particular state.
What state do you live in? Was this a dream you had?
If your son or daughter had come home and told you about some grumpy geezer with a sidearm pacing around their table at 4:30 in the morning, I have a feeling you'd feel quite different about it.
You were out of line.
I strongly support right-to-carry laws for all 50 states; but I'm not sure if I'm impressed with this story.