Hey, that’s a nice gun: Keeping aware while carrying
In Gresham, Oregon this week a man, lawfully open carrying his brand new Walther P-22 pistol came across another gentleman on a nightly stroll. The thing is, the open carrier wound up with his nice new piece of German hardware in someone else’s possession. What went wrong?
According to local media accounts, William Coleman III was outside talking to a relative at 2 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 4. On William’s hip was a brand new (just bought that morning) Walther P-22 rimfire semi-auto pistol, displayed openly. Now there is nothing wrong with that in Oregon. What is wrong is what happened next.
It seems a young man dressed in sweat pants and flip-flops (hey, it was 2 a.m. after all) walked up to William and asked to bum a smoke. Then, admiring William’s new pistol, pulled one of his own and said, “I like your gun. Give it to me.”
And with the drop on him, William did so. The unidentified man flip flopped away and so far William’s new P22 is still missing in action. To find out how to mitigate this, read the rest in my column at Firearms Talk
