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This was taken from another public forum. Before you folks accuse me of swiping it let me explain why I sometimes do things like this.
My gut feeling is that many of our members here just do not visit many other gun related forums.
Actual real life firearm "drawn weapon" scenarios are few & far between.
We can all hopefully learn something from reading about other folks actual "real life situations" ~ no matter if they ended up in gunplay or not.
And...also no matter if the encounter was well handled...or not.
We should (at least) read it and think about it.
It is a GOOD thing to be able to play "armchair critique professional" & hopefully we will add some tidbits of defensive information to our personal "knowledge base" of "Do & Don't" for any possible future nasty event.
Here is the story presented "word for word" but without any name attached to it. Please feel free to "weigh in" on it with your comments and opinions.
I'll refrain from posting any of my own comment or opinion for the time being.
"It happened in 1992. I was in my car, with all of my windows down, on a warm summer day. I was the second stopped car from a red light. The man driving the car in front of me appeared to be occupied with something in the floorboard of his car as he was hunched down and not looking at the traffic light. When the light turned green he didn't notice; therefore, he kept his car still. After about five or six seconds, I very lightly tapped my horn to alert him that the light had changed.
He apparently took offense to my alerting him this way. I was still behind him at the next red traffic light. Other cars were all around me, stopped at the large interchange, so I couldn't just drive off. While stopped at the interchange, he got out of his car and started towards me. In response, I reached into my bag for my Glock 17, got it out, and put it between my knees. The man placed his entire upper body into my car, through the passenger-side window, placed his right hand onto my passenger-side seat and opened a switchblade knife. He said, "Do you want to settle something mother *****er?"
I placed my chambered Glock 17 in his face and said, "Get away from my car." The man quickly removed himself from my car window and even hit his head on the top of the door on his way out. He dropped his knife on the concrete, grabbed his gut with both hands, and bent over as if he thought he had been shot. It was apparent that he was extremely frightened.
I'm glad I didn't have to fire a shot. I would NEVER want to hurt anyone! I think the man learned a valuable lesson, however. He will most likely NEVER do such a thing again. I may have SAVED his life as the next guy might actually have used his handgun."
QKShooter just tossed you folks some bloody Red Meat didn't he??? Comments? :biggrin: :essen2:
My gut feeling is that many of our members here just do not visit many other gun related forums.
Actual real life firearm "drawn weapon" scenarios are few & far between.
We can all hopefully learn something from reading about other folks actual "real life situations" ~ no matter if they ended up in gunplay or not.
And...also no matter if the encounter was well handled...or not.
We should (at least) read it and think about it.
It is a GOOD thing to be able to play "armchair critique professional" & hopefully we will add some tidbits of defensive information to our personal "knowledge base" of "Do & Don't" for any possible future nasty event.
Here is the story presented "word for word" but without any name attached to it. Please feel free to "weigh in" on it with your comments and opinions.
I'll refrain from posting any of my own comment or opinion for the time being.
"It happened in 1992. I was in my car, with all of my windows down, on a warm summer day. I was the second stopped car from a red light. The man driving the car in front of me appeared to be occupied with something in the floorboard of his car as he was hunched down and not looking at the traffic light. When the light turned green he didn't notice; therefore, he kept his car still. After about five or six seconds, I very lightly tapped my horn to alert him that the light had changed.
He apparently took offense to my alerting him this way. I was still behind him at the next red traffic light. Other cars were all around me, stopped at the large interchange, so I couldn't just drive off. While stopped at the interchange, he got out of his car and started towards me. In response, I reached into my bag for my Glock 17, got it out, and put it between my knees. The man placed his entire upper body into my car, through the passenger-side window, placed his right hand onto my passenger-side seat and opened a switchblade knife. He said, "Do you want to settle something mother *****er?"
I placed my chambered Glock 17 in his face and said, "Get away from my car." The man quickly removed himself from my car window and even hit his head on the top of the door on his way out. He dropped his knife on the concrete, grabbed his gut with both hands, and bent over as if he thought he had been shot. It was apparent that he was extremely frightened.
I'm glad I didn't have to fire a shot. I would NEVER want to hurt anyone! I think the man learned a valuable lesson, however. He will most likely NEVER do such a thing again. I may have SAVED his life as the next guy might actually have used his handgun."
QKShooter just tossed you folks some bloody Red Meat didn't he??? Comments? :biggrin: :essen2:
