Anybody ever been robbed at gunpoint?
06-18-2009, 07:59 PM
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Im not blaming the police in any way with that statement. Im just saying "as my luck would have it". That stretch of Washington is infested with HPD at that time of night that are looking for people leaving the bars/clubs. If you go 37 in the 35mph zone, you WILL get stopped. When these guys took off towards that area, I never heard them let off, had to get up to atleast 80+.
I do carry, keep 2 at the shop and 2 in whichever vehicle im driving....just not this particular night.
06-18-2009, 08:02 PM
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No, because I do not carry on me. I would have had to get in my car to get one. The guy ran off just as fast as he approached. Their Jeep Cherokee was approx 30yds away waiting with a driver.
06-18-2009, 08:09 PM
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if he's close enough to touch me with the barrel, he's too close, and i wouldn't hesitate to kill him...back to me or not. how do i know he wont fire at me when he gets back to his vehicle, or from it as he pulls away?
no CHL personally, but it's coming soon. i carry most everywhere though, and i'm proficient and confident with it.
you were one of the lucky ones...someone once told me that being armed is like a parachute, if you're ever in the situation to need one and not have it, most likely you won't ever need it again. better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it...
another thing that most don't ever think about is being aware of you're surroundings, and risk assesment. i can't help but do it all the time...whether i'm walking my dog down the street, to pumping gas, to where i sit in a restaurant; all the time, everywhere i go. i do it with out even thinking about it now...it's a good habit to be in, and it makes all the difference between being a victim or not. (not ragging on the OP at all, just observation and personal opinion, but most victims allow theirself to be one...
if he's close enough to touch me with the barrel, he's too close, and i wouldn't hesitate to kill him...back to me or not. how do i know he wont fire at me when he gets back to his vehicle, or from it as he pulls away?
no CHL personally, but it's coming soon. i carry most everywhere though, and i'm proficient and confident with it.
you were one of the lucky ones...someone once told me that being armed is like a parachute, if you're ever in the situation to need one and not have it, most likely you won't ever need it again. better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it...
another thing that most don't ever think about is being aware of you're surroundings, and risk assesment. i can't help but do it all the time...whether i'm walking my dog down the street, to pumping gas, to where i sit in a restaurant; all the time, everywhere i go. i do it with out even thinking about it now...it's a good habit to be in, and it makes all the difference between being a victim or not. (not ragging on the OP at all, just observation and personal opinion, but most victims allow theirself to be one...
06-18-2009, 08:34 PM
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It's not the cop's fault that you got robbed. Even the laziest fat *** would have wanted to have rolled up on that. Cops hate **** heads.
Carry, man. You're a sheep without it, and they're the wolves. You gotta be a sheep dog. You're from Texas, which is almost like being in a free country still. God, if only my communist state was actually still close to being free like yours, with a real US Constitution and everything.
You made it through alive, thank God. Not everyone can say they have made it though having a gun drawn on them. I'm sure you'll never forget it!
Carry, man. You're a sheep without it, and they're the wolves. You gotta be a sheep dog. You're from Texas, which is almost like being in a free country still. God, if only my communist state was actually still close to being free like yours, with a real US Constitution and everything.
You made it through alive, thank God. Not everyone can say they have made it though having a gun drawn on them. I'm sure you'll never forget it!
I would carry but I am still in highschool. We don't live in the country anymore and you can't just have a gun in your car at school here.
06-18-2009, 08:55 PM
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I've never been robbed but I had a shotgun pointed at my face when I was a teenager. I had car trouble and went to a house to try and call for help. A real crazy old man met me at the door with a shotgun pointed squarely at my forehead. It wasn't one of my better days. Years later, I heard the same old man committed suicide, apparently he wasn't playing with a full deck.
06-18-2009, 09:50 PM
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Damn Mike, what the hell were you doing in that part of town? I think I would have driven on fumes till I found a station where I could fill up w/o any drama...
If your going to fill up in the ghetto, then you better be on alert!!!!!
If your going to fill up in the ghetto, then you better be on alert!!!!!
06-18-2009, 10:35 PM
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A few years ago we went out to the country to visit my friends grandpa. We walked to dairy queen a few miles up the road and when we were passing the school some guy got out of his truck, asked where we were going and approached us. We weren't sure what he was doing but my friend pulled a knife out and told him to back off and he got back in his truck. Now after reading all this I am glad he did that lol.
06-18-2009, 11:09 PM
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A few years ago we went out to the country to visit my friends grandpa. We walked to dairy queen a few miles up the road and when we were passing the school some guy got out of his truck, asked where we were going and approached us. We weren't sure what he was doing but my friend pulled a knife out and told him to back off and he got back in his truck. Now after reading all this I am glad he did that lol.
That's awesome. 
06-18-2009, 11:46 PM
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Sorry to hear that but hey man, just be happy your here today. What happened sucks but just be happy because you didnt make the morning news. I would give up my wallet in a heartbeat as long as I make it back home ....
06-19-2009, 12:51 AM
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Glad you guys are ok!
06-19-2009, 01:19 AM
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That sucks Mike but you did the right thing. Its a shitty situation to be in no doubt about it, but one bad move could have made the situation a lot worse. People like that are looking for the easiest target possible, cowards. They'll get theirs.
Your right, its the new mid town but just like mid town, it's still fairly close to some really rough area to north east and just south of down town.
Your right, its the new mid town but just like mid town, it's still fairly close to some really rough area to north east and just south of down town.
06-19-2009, 01:28 AM
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glad to hear your ok man.
how did he get around the open parking lot to the pumps with an assault rifle and 30yrds from the vehicle and still not be able to be seen by you?
how did he get around the open parking lot to the pumps with an assault rifle and 30yrds from the vehicle and still not be able to be seen by you?