[E. Pluribus Unum]

It's not concealed if somebody can see it.

[Still Thinking]

True, and an admonishment to that effect would have been a more proportionate response.

[Still Thinking]

My previous response: "True, and an admonishment to that effect would have been a more proportionate response."

And even that response would be permissible only if the incident occurred in a state where open carry is taboo. Despite requiring licenses for concealed carry, many states allow open carry with no license. If this occurred in one of those states, even that slim thread of an excuse is gone.

[PapaBear3625]

The case stems from a lawyer who sued a police officer after he was detained for lawfully carrying a concealed weapon while in possession of a license to carry concealed. According to the case opinion, the lawyer, Greg Schubert, had a pistol concealed under his suit coat, and Mr. Schubert was walking in what the court described as a "high crime area." At some point a police officer, J.B. Stern, who lived up to his last name, caught a glimpse of the attorney's pistol, and he leapt out of his patrol car "in a dynamic and explosive manner" with his gun drawn, pointing it at the attorney's face.

Lawyer, walking around in "high crime area", and just happens to have his "concealed" handgun visible to passing officer. I suspect that the lawyer was also dressed a bit like a gang banger, and was trying to curtail police stops of armed gang bangers.

[Dayman]

There is no law requiring the gun be concealed. Carry is carry.

[Copernicus]

Georgia is a licensed open carry state

http://www.opencarry.org/ga.html

Best regards,