All true. I have handled weapons and practice shooting since I was around ten years old... very little the last 10+ years. I have never desired a concealed carry permit and had met all of the necessities - and now I guess one can open carry in Florida. At my age I would worry that some desperate thug would sneak up on me and grab the weapon away from me.
I know for sure since childhood that if I had possession of a fire arm - for whatever reason - and I had a meeting with a LE officer, I would immediately inform him/her that I was in possession of a firearm and offer to surrender it if need be.
Alex Pretti violated all of that. He knew to carry extra magazines yet failed to identify that he carried a weapon to LEOs. All of that indicates to me that his judgment was impaired at the moment... doubly curious if he had a broken rib. Believe me, if you had a broken rib you would hate to leave the house let alone get into a scuffle with officers in a tense situation.
Minnesota doesn’t require you tell LEO you are carrying unless asked.
Or he was as he a appeared a lunatic lefty.
One barely mentioned aspect of Prettiboy’s “carry” is that he had it stuffed into his waist band. The only “conceal” part seems to be that his jacket was covering it and there isn’t a holster reported. This would be why the ICE guys spotted it quickly and would also mean that he wanted it to be quickly “grabable.” A reasonably concealed piece would not be visible at a glance by others. All more indication of a nut case with serious TDS?
Been there and done all that. Boot guns, bicep mounts, hat boxes, breast plates, thigh wraps, forearm quivers, and more, indicate serious efforts to conceal. Not stuffing a pistol into a belt. Prettiboy was looking for trouble.