Well, I finally had my first OC encounter today. On my way to an overtime assignment I stopped at OnCue to get something to drink. As I'm putting my lid on my drink one of the indigenous fauna came up to inform that he too can open carry. I look down and "yep". He has his baby Glock all tucked up in his high speed, low drag Blackhawk Serpa holster. My reply was "Why, yes you can. Let's see your permit and a photo ID." He looks at me oddly but complies. I look everything over, hand it back to him and told him to have a nice day.
BB wants to know what kind of neglect this poor man suffered at his parents' hands that he thought he needed to point this out to me. As I have originally thought all along I kind of doubt this has much to do about self defense but a lot to do with showing how "cool" one is for a lot of folks.
While I would not have approached a police officer like this guy did, pointing out that I'm OCing, I'm glad that he didn't do so in a way that came across as threatening. I salute you for the way that you handled it. I'm not going to try to assume what his psychological reasons were for pointing himself out like he did, I'm glad that you recognized that he wasn't doing anything illegal.
Thanks for sharing this with us.