Reply #91: You have no authority to challenge, let alone detain

[ProgressiveProfessor]

If you do it there is no good outcome for you...shot or homeless. Why would you persist in pushing such nonsense when the police clearly want you to call them and let them handle it.

Scenario: You walk up to me in my favorite local restaurant and say:

Hoyt: I think you are carrying a gun, please show me your papers.

PP places his cell phone on the table

PP: And you are?
Hoyt: A civilian who thinks people should not have guns in public
PP: That's nice, go away
Hoyt: I insist.
PP I am leaving
Hoyt: I require you to stay until the cops get here, I have already called them

Hoyt physically detains PP. Crowd starts to gather.
Cops arrive:

Hoyt: I think this man is carrying a gun. He refused to show me his paperwork. I made sure he stayed here until you got here.
Cop to PP: Are you?
PP: I am, left shoulder holster. My credentials are in my left hand

Cop looks at the credentials and nods.

Cop to PP: What is you side of things?
PP: This nut case came up to me and demanded to see my paperwork. I declined since he is a civilian. He then forced me to stay here and wait. Its all recorded on my smart phone. Here is the memory card.
Restaurant Owner: That is exactly what happened
Cop to Hoyt: Turn around you are under arrest.
PP waves for a coffee refill and calls his lawyer telling him there is a nice payday coming.