[patton]

I have had a CCW for about five years - and I have never "showed" to anyone.

What you did was wrong.

A bunch of drunk kids?

Leave them alone.

[CholeraJoe]

I've had a CCW since I was 19. My state allows open carry, with a few exceptions like churches and government buildings. I can't begin to tell you how many times open carry has prevented trouble.

[Capn TrVth]

Ditto.... Sorry, but Ditto.

In that situation, you pay your bill and leave.

[xcamel]

Open carry is a buit different than CCW - It wasn't brandished, CJ did no wrong, and I'm betting the kids (wrongly) assumed he was a UC cop just looking for a **quiet** breakfast. all's well that ends well, and maybe they learned a bit of a lesson.

/JMNSHO

[hombre_sincero]

"What you did was wrong. - A bunch of drunk kids? - Leave them alone"

What he did is probably help them learn a lesson on civility.

If you are NOT civil, you may have to pay the consequences. I will guarantee the next time these punks were out they will think twice before acting like a bunch of boors.

Maybe they will all meet in your front yard, then you can enjoy all their crap all by yourself. Your neighbors may have a different opinion.

[kAcknor]

I have had a CCW for about five years - and I have never "showed" to anyone.
What you did was wrong.

If this were a CCW situation I would agree with you. We should never show a firearm to impose our will on another. However, this was not a CCW. It was open carry, a permissible act in many states.

What happened here was simply a person asking for civil behavior from another. Perfectly legal and needed far more today IMO.

Choosing to carry openly is not a reason to give up standards or the ability to ask for civil behavior.

[e_castillo]

"What you did was wrong."

Affirmative.

[Eaker]

I always know that Patton has already typed in my response before I get to a thread like this.

Thanks for saying what I would have said!!