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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
I recall working a concession stand as a cashier/cook/etc. back in the late 1970s and my boss was talking to a cop just behind the shop while they watched a softball game at Idlewild Park in Reno, Nevada. The cops and/or fire station people sometimes had softball teams.
Anyway, up walks a guy and his orders something and makes some comment about getting change while opening his shirt up. There was a pistol in his waist band. I thought about what he meant about him getting his change so I just gave him his exact change. I did not think anyone would be so stupid as to rob a concession stand with a team of softball players around some of whom were cops. I watched the guy walk off with the exact change I just gave him and asked the cop behind the concession stand if that was an plains clothes cop that inadvertently showed me his pistol. The cop said no, made a call, and the hunt was on for the guy with the pistol in his waist band. I was never contacted by these cops so I assume that they never pressed charges.
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Your example is a tough one. You cannot brandish a weapon in Florida, however if the weapon was displayed inadvertently, then the person most likely would not be charged for brandishing (if they possessed a concealed carry permit). It is possible that the person you observed had a permit to carry, but may have gotten a warning to be more careful moving forward. I believe you did the right thing to call law enforcement and let them sort it out.