First we need to bring a little politeness to this discussion. I hope the people using insults are lefty lurkers and not real freepers. You may disagree with Joe (I do) but no need to insult or threaten here among friends.
I think what's really bothering everyone is the fact you circled the table. No, it's not technically illegal but we all know it's threatening w/o a gun, much less open carry.
I'd respect it if you did this without a gun, but with one it makes you into the bully.
Yep. Even though he's likely to deny it, you know he circled the table so everyone could get a good glimpse of the 9 on his hip. That would be menacing in my state.
"I think what's really bothering everyone is the fact you circled the table. No, it's not technically illegal but we all know it's threatening w/o a gun, much less open carry."
That is illegal. It is intimidation, it is brandishing.
As for the lack of politeness...he deserves NONE. He's a bully-clown, and that behavior harms us all. The fact that his sole mission was to let them know he was packing, but then he coyly says he never mentioned it, just showed it, makes me sick. Does he really think that's clever?