Crazy thing is, I think it's an optics ready version, so it didn't have a front sight either. Also had a pistol in a shoulder holster
Obviously you guys haven't heard about the new Invisi-Sight optics line that's all the rage, right now.
I don't know anything about the man's background, experience, etc....Could be he simply grabbed what he had and went with it. That was an unusual day, to say the least.