what's with so much OC at the supermarkey?

**gizzymo** · February 21st, 2016, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by forby

I posted previously about how I have been running into OCers at my local Price Chopper.

Another one the other day. This guy had on a thigh holster with an SCCY in it. WTF?

The other thing is none of these people that I saw and engaged knew much about pafoa.org!!!!!

Now I hate to sound like "that guy", but most of the folks I saw didn't seem like they could afford the sport..... Some were down right sketchy....

Where do they get their OC info from??

Well here's yet another lets attack the poster rather than ponder the question. Sadly this is becoming the norm.

**90volts** · February 21st, 2016, 02:39 PM

you call it profiling, another may call it situational awareness.

**normanvin** · February 21st, 2016, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by gizzymo

Well here's yet another lets attack the poster rather than ponder the question. Sadly this is becoming the norm.

Hey I just told what price chopper was.

**Kabloosh** · February 21st, 2016, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by 90volts

you call it profiling, another may call it situational awareness.

You use profiling techniques when being situationally aware. It's not entirely wrong but the guys you should pay more attention to are the ones that look more out of place.
A good example would be a guy wearing a hoodie, hat, and sunglasses inside with his hands in his pockets on a hot summer night.
This person you may not want to turn your back to.
Someone looking scruffy doesn't necessarily mean they are trouble.
Now if they are stumbling and looking drunk then yes increased awareness in their direction.
I'd consider an open carrier an low threat. They have already have drawn attention to them before causing trouble by having their weapon out. People will easily recognize them pretty easy which will make the polices job rather simple where everyone in the store will remember who the guy with the gun on his hip looked like.
These people would have to be pretty damn stupid. They just don't take appearance to the level like others. Nothing wrong with that.

**cdi** · February 21st, 2016, 02:55 PM

I like profiling, it works.
I'm not a gov. agency so....

The drop leg holster?
A big clue indicating an Operator operating operationally, of course.

**forby** · February 21st, 2016, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Kabloosh

Judging people by appearance is called profiling. Just because someone grows out a beard doesn't mean they are going to shoot up the place.

Hell, the last time I've heard of an open carrier shooting up some place is never.

I don't really read the newspaper though so it may happen more often than I know.

Well I do look a little psycho after 4 days growth....

Many shootings are open carried..... They don't hide the rifle in a flower box..... OK sometimes they hide the rifle under a coat or something, but then when it's out- it's open carry.

I did notice that posters on this site does seem to attack posters ruthlessly. Maybe they should ask that question on a purchase form..... "Are you a habitual attacker of posters on any internet forum?"

**streaker69** · February 21st, 2016, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Kabloosh

You use profiling techniques when being situationally aware. It's not entirely wrong but the guys you should pay more attention to are the ones that look more out of place.

I do that all the time at my grocery store. It's incredibly rare to see a black person there, so when I see one I keep an eye on them.

**Kabloosh** · February 21st, 2016, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by streaker69

I do that all the time at my grocery store. It's incredibly rare to see a black person there, so when I see one I keep an eye on them.

Ha that's racist. But we all do it to people who look different than the majority.

**normanvin** · February 21st, 2016, 03:18 PM

If anyone cares. I believe this price chopper is just around the block from the walmart the guy was shooting his rifle in the parking lot a few months ago.

**forby** · February 21st, 2016, 03:27 PM

Other one on West Side....... Lots of riff raft in there. I once walked in on a male loss prevention officer wrestling a black woman on the ground while her friend was yelling at him. I asked if he needed assistance and he said no. I watched for a second but felt bad for the spectacle of it all..

I live, work and shop within one mile and shop almost every day.

I like my arrangement.