Last night at Meeting #40 at Applebee's in Middletown, a patron was leaving when he saw WPCatfish's giant revolver inside a "cowboy" style holster and thought it was best to call the police. I'm not sure of the exact wording the guy used, but according to a waitress who was nearby, she told us the patron said "a Chinese guy with a revolver." Wow, really? It's not a generic MWG call, it was a specific ethnicity and gun type call. Wow.
By the time we were walking to our tables, two middletown Police Officers were already standing near our table (they came in through the rear entrance), and another two Officers were near the front, probably talking to the manager.
I never really noticed any police officers inside, and just as quickly and silently as they entered, they had left. No one in DELOC was approached, questioned, or anything.
My guess is that the police saw that everyone was peaceful, just there to have dinner. Nothing threatening, nothing terroristic, not scaring other patrons. So no need to "get involved" in nothing.
We joked about it afterwards, but I think WPCatfish was discriminated against (race, choice of gun, color of holster, etc), since there were 3 other armed individuals near the entrance who were not called on. Hmmm.... I guess white people carrying "Glocks" are OK.
It just goes to show: If you're Chinese, open carry a sword. That will look more "natural" instead of looking like a cowboy. Obviously that bothers people enough to call the cops.
FYI: our waitress was very cool about us carrying. The other waitress (who heard what the MWG caller said) was really cool and wanted us to come back next month. Even the manager was happy and friendly around us (unless it was nervousness). I saw other patrons close to our table looking, pointing, and whispering to each other, but no more 911 calls were made.
By the time we were walking to our tables, two middletown Police Officers were already standing near our table (they came in through the rear entrance), and another two Officers were near the front, probably talking to the manager.
I never really noticed any police officers inside, and just as quickly and silently as they entered, they had left. No one in DELOC was approached, questioned, or anything.
My guess is that the police saw that everyone was peaceful, just there to have dinner. Nothing threatening, nothing terroristic, not scaring other patrons. So no need to "get involved" in nothing.
We joked about it afterwards, but I think WPCatfish was discriminated against (race, choice of gun, color of holster, etc), since there were 3 other armed individuals near the entrance who were not called on. Hmmm.... I guess white people carrying "Glocks" are OK.
It just goes to show: If you're Chinese, open carry a sword. That will look more "natural" instead of looking like a cowboy. Obviously that bothers people enough to call the cops.
FYI: our waitress was very cool about us carrying. The other waitress (who heard what the MWG caller said) was really cool and wanted us to come back next month. Even the manager was happy and friendly around us (unless it was nervousness). I saw other patrons close to our table looking, pointing, and whispering to each other, but no more 911 calls were made.
Dave
Co-Founder & Global Moderator
Delaware Open Carry
"You have to be prepared to do the violence in order to survive the violence."
Co-Founder & Global Moderator
Delaware Open Carry
"You have to be prepared to do the violence in order to survive the violence."