Terry! By George, I think you're on to something. It's an external standard. It's not exactly free of ambiquity and interpretation, but it is one with articulated guidelines, and experience. I would be inclined to continue to provide my CCW any time I present ID to a peace officer, even in a non-Terry situation, as, say, I was giving a statement after witnessing a T/C. But once again, that would be a clearly defined situation. (IANOC)
Back to Starbucks -- Turning the tables, placing myself in the officer's position, had I noticed him, a person not in uniform and unknown to me, printing, my first thought would have been to suspect that he was an officer of some sort, too. I would not have, as my first reaction, conducted a felony take-down in the coffee line. That does <not> mean that I would have ignored it. Being non - OC, though, the manner in which I would have handled it would have been situation-specific. (IANOC)
Darn, I sure could use a cup of coffee right now...
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