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Then lets call it my superior and super human gut intiution and my ability to look for small details that would be tell tale signs distinguising him from a real soldier, such as dress, demeanor, etc. I didnt mean to imply all folks who serve in the military have my super keen ability to read people like a book. I humbly apologize.

Yes you can open carry under certain conditions in public we used to do it in the Marine Corp right here in Houston and in West Texas but there is usually only one or two designated folks with live rounds and a 9mm. We normally carried a side arm if we were operating with other weapons, the weapons we trained with were real and in this situation a target to be stolen. His situation did not appear to be a condition where he was allowed to open carry.

However, on basic duty we never walked into a grocery store or school carrying a weapon nor were we authorized to check out a military issue side arm for general training, those who were armed with live rounds were on training missions and would stay near the staging area to protect the equipment. During an LVS training school in West Texas when I was in the reserves out of active duty we would drive all over West Texas. Our Gunny opened carried a 9mm due to those circumstance he would open carry into a convenience store to get a drink and use the restroom and the other person designated to watch the equipment open carrying would stay back. But it was obvious we were on a designated authorized military mission and we had equipment to protect.

Its too bad another military person didnt see him because anyone who has served in the Marine, Army, etc. can tell immediately if his uniform is legit just by how he wears it etc.

In Summation if he was real he used really poor judgement, if he wasnt real that is kind of frightening.