You'll shoot your eye out
Master
- Jan 21, 2011
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Ok...... I am not choosing any sides at all. In fact I don't even know for sure what to think. I will just lay this out here and see who kicks it around.
Today I am sitting in McDonalds when an oc guy walks in. He is wearing an old-fashioned looking leather holster. It looks pretty nice but the top is covered with a jacket and there is no indication if it is a snap-down retention or open top. Nobody else seems to notice and/or care and the guy is just trying to order some food. At this time a young boy, maybe 9 or 10, steps up and puts his hand right on this guys gun! The guy without a second of lag time becomes aware that something is going on, and instinctively reaches back to secure his heater. He reaches back so quickly that as his hand is covering his gun, his elbow is clocking this kid right in the face! the kid stretches out flat on his back holding his face. He is totally stunned and at least for a short time seems to be only semi-conscious. The poor oc guy is rubbing his elbow like it hurts a lot and is looking around wondering what is going on.
The whole place is frozen and dead silent, except for me hooting and cat-calling and being boisterous. There is no sign of the parents. The counter lady quickly gathered the guy's food and pointed to the door saying "walk away now". I don't know if he even had an opportunity to pay his bill or not, but he threw his bag down and walked out. by this time the kid is staggering around and a bystander is offering a cup full of ice for his quickly swelling lips. There was a lot of "Well, I never!" and "What just happened here?". I don't know if anybody else realized that it was a "firearm related injury" or not. The manager took the kid to the back and in 4 minutes there was no way to know that anything unusual had happened. By the time I was leaving the cops were walking in..... Maybe to buy food, for all I know.
Just sharing something interesting that I saw today......
Today I am sitting in McDonalds when an oc guy walks in. He is wearing an old-fashioned looking leather holster. It looks pretty nice but the top is covered with a jacket and there is no indication if it is a snap-down retention or open top. Nobody else seems to notice and/or care and the guy is just trying to order some food. At this time a young boy, maybe 9 or 10, steps up and puts his hand right on this guys gun! The guy without a second of lag time becomes aware that something is going on, and instinctively reaches back to secure his heater. He reaches back so quickly that as his hand is covering his gun, his elbow is clocking this kid right in the face! the kid stretches out flat on his back holding his face. He is totally stunned and at least for a short time seems to be only semi-conscious. The poor oc guy is rubbing his elbow like it hurts a lot and is looking around wondering what is going on.
The whole place is frozen and dead silent, except for me hooting and cat-calling and being boisterous. There is no sign of the parents. The counter lady quickly gathered the guy's food and pointed to the door saying "walk away now". I don't know if he even had an opportunity to pay his bill or not, but he threw his bag down and walked out. by this time the kid is staggering around and a bystander is offering a cup full of ice for his quickly swelling lips. There was a lot of "Well, I never!" and "What just happened here?". I don't know if anybody else realized that it was a "firearm related injury" or not. The manager took the kid to the back and in 4 minutes there was no way to know that anything unusual had happened. By the time I was leaving the cops were walking in..... Maybe to buy food, for all I know.
Just sharing something interesting that I saw today......
Don't mess with his rifle either. 
, that's funny. The brat invaded a strangers personal space--something even 2yo's know not to do--and physically grabbed at his belt. That is a no-no, and I feel no sympathy to the kid. As OP explained, the elbow wasn't a defensive move, but more of a accidental occurrence, and a hematoma seems highly unlikely. He grabbed at a man's waste from behind, and the man felt it, and reached down instinctively, so there is nothing to see here. Just cause a brat gets a booboo doesn't mean the police need called. What kind of a wussy nation have we become???
