my understanding of tha situation was he did not know if he was legal and checked him out fer that. he knew he had a gun-he did not know he had a permit.
if i was him i would check out any and all who i saw carrying open. what is the big arguement on being checked for a permit--it is legal and i suspect the other patrons would feel better knowing we were checking. how many times ya been stopped to check fer insurance or d.l.
look folks-i carried illegally for 30+ years but nobody knew, well they probable knew but didn't want too know/suspected but didn't care to find out. if i had brandished they would have made an issue of it to. at least take it from me and that is in texas where -god knows- guns was like termites,,,everwhere.
blessings