Look out! San Diego man has a belt buckle

SAN DIEGO, July 8 (UPI) -- A gun-shaped belt buckle worn by a man in San Diego recently led police to train their real firearms on him after he visited a local bank.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Saturday that 24-year-old Jacob Johnson's fashion statement apparently was realistic enough to lead employees to suspect he was a possible bank robber. Once he stepped back outside he had more than 10 police officers aiming their guns at him.

Johnson said he had simply gone with a friend open an account Friday and never suspected his weapon-like buckle would cause such an uproar.

"I was like, 'What is going on here?'" Johnson said. "They told me to empty my pockets and walk backward. They put me in the back of the car, and I didn't know what was going on."

While the situation was eventually figured out and Johnson was released, he still can't understand why he was thrust into the chaotic situation.

"I mean, it's a belt buckle with half a gun," he told the newspaper. "It's on my waist. If it's a gun, it's pretty amazing that it can just float on my waist."