"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?
I think Joe should get the script from Clint Eastwoods' "Dirty Harry" and practice the lines at the end of the bank robbery scene. In a mirror. "So, you feeling lucky today Loudmouth, well, do ya!"