Some are tongue-in-cheek, some are real tells.
- 5.11 Tactical Cargo Pants
- More of a cop tell
- Buzz Cut Hair
- More of a cop tell
- Jacket with a zipper sleeve running down one arm
- This is a cop tell.
- Thicker than normal leather belt
- Checking the gun
- Guys that are inexperienced in carrying or not using a holster will often check the gun to be sure it remains in place
- The gun is showing or printing.
- This is part of why I dislike small of the back or behind the hip carry.
- Black or earth tone polo style golf shirts
- Earth tone “ruggedized” sneakers meant for hiking
- Not as obvious as the combat boots but still noticeable
- The texturing on the bottom is a bit more aggressive than regular tennis shoes.
- Gun company or tactical organization apparel
- Anything that uses crusader iconography or stylized crucifixes
- Infidel shirts
- Anything that looks like a variant of a triquetra
- Thin Blue Line themed apparel
- Nylon “Wilderness belt”
- I actually like these belts a lot as long as they are not visible
- Camo pants
- This screams “21 year old who just bought his first handgun”
- Combat Boot style shoes (usually desert tan)
- G-Shock Watch
- Timekeeping is important for operating in operations!
- The visible folding knife clip along the middle crease line of the pants leg.
- You may want to consider moving the clip towards the front pocket
- Anything paracord
- The “Shoot Me First” Vest
- It either screams old man who needs his pocket space or CCW guy stuck in the 1990s.
- The Plaid Short Sleeve “Dilbert” Shirt sold by 5.11
- It is a step up from the “shoot me first” vest
- The slight “Command Presence Voice”
- This is much more common with police officers (both male and female) than CCW civilians
- Some would describe it as similar to when a little kid does an impression of an adult
- The cadenced and measured speech pattern
- This is more of a cop tell than a CCW civilian tell.
RealDefense 
This is just damn silly and inaccurate as it gets.
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Care to elaborate?
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No, it’s an identical description of anyone that shops at REI.
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About 4 of those might be accurate. The rest are garbage that could be anyone.
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It’s the clusters that matter.
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Besides the fact that half of your ‘tells’ are symbolic of granola munching hippies and the other half is from Campmor or REI shoppers (but I repeat myself) , my thoughts:
1. 5.11 Tactical Cargo Pants – Cargo pants and shorts are pretty popular. My 13 year old daughter wears them.
2. Buzz Cut Hair – Hair doesn’t tell anything.
3. Jacket with a zipper sleeve running down one arm – I don’t even know what this is, unless a pilot’s jacket.
4. Thicker than normal leather belt – Possibly, but if it is concealed, the belt is usually covered.
5. Checking the gun – Definitely, but only with inexperienced carriers
6. The gun is showing or printing. Could be a cell, which is what most people think.
7. Black or earth tone polo style golf shirts – Really?
8. Earth tone “ruggedized” sneakers meant for hiking – Really? HIKING shoes. ‘Facepalm’
9. Gun company or tactical organization apparel – Possible
10. Thin Blue Line themed apparel – Possible
11. Nylon “Wilderness belt” – Again, most belts are covered when concealed carrying.
12. Camo pants – I live in Florida, everyone and their brother wears camo. It actually just screams redneck.
13. Combat Boot style shoes (usually desert tan) – Hundreds of thousands of soldiers came home with boots and wear them.
14. G-Shock Watch – ROFLMAO – a watch, really?
15. The visible folding knife clip – Possible
16. Anything paracord – Every company and charity offers paracord bracelets. Means nothing.
17. The “Shoot Me First” Vest – or a photographer, or an engineer. But I’ll give you that one.
18. The Plaid “Dilbert” Shirt – Hipster wear, not carrier wear. Possibly works for NASA.
19. The slightly lowered and “breathy” tone of voice – too dumb to even comment on
20. The precisely cadenced and measured speech pattern – too dumb to even comment on
You should try getting out of your mom’s basement, occasionally.
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Reblogged this on disturbeddeputy and commented:
Things to avoid, but not all the signs there are.
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