Thread: what would u do?

Get it on and shoot. I figure if hes got the shotgun I am a dead man anyway and if he don't I am in fear for my life.

the reason i asked is..that's what happened to me when i was living in philadelphia..
2 guys walked in front of me as i was getting out of my car and heading to my apt..it was nighttime..they turned around and said "don't make me shoot you"..didn't hear them that well at first until i looked down and they seemed to have something under a coat....with a long barrel sticking out..
instinctintively i took out my wallet and they took it and ran off..
everything happened very fast..no time to think or be scared....

anyway...i didn't have any ccw or gun a the time but was just curious
..even if i did ..i don't know if i would choose to use it.....
are there times when it's better to just hand them the wallet rather than shoot the bastards, kill them and be charged or hounded by lawyers for the rest of your life??

I'd give up the loot, then ask it they wanted my shoe's. If it went sour from there, i know what I'd have to do.

Originally Posted by jason0007

a. you give your wallet....

I do have a handgun, but I'm not trained in handgun self-defense.

I'd take the training, take more training and if the situation arises; I'd be better prepared to blast the thugs.

Originally Posted by Baldy

Get it on and shoot. I figure if hes got the shotgun I am a dead man anyway and if he don't I am in fear for my life.

Gonna agree with Baldy. These days the BG's are more apt to still kill you so they don't leave a witness. Nobody values life any more.

That is a shitty situation. Kind of thing you would have to play by ear.

I'd say you did good. Maybe by giving it to the BG with the gun and dropping it (diversion) you may have time to draw but over all it would be a very risky situation. If I didn't know for sure but it looked like they had a shotgun pointed at me I'd give 'em my wallet. I'm not that fast of a draw to beat a trigger finger.

Start coughing and when you go to cover your mouth (remember to be polite) and bend a little, pull your gun and blow the scumbags away! Don't let 'em live another day to rob (or hurt, kill, rape, etc.) another day. Anybody that will rob you will do anything they feel like. Just my $.02. My basic redneck theory is you are either on one side of the line or the other. Those scumbags on the other side of the line need to be locked up or eliminated.

Originally Posted by Charlie

Start coughing and when you go to cover your mouth (remember to be polite) and bend a little, pull your gun and blow the scumbags away! Don't let 'em live another day to rob (or hurt, kill, rape, etc.) another day. Anybody that will rob you will do anything they feel like. Just my $.02. My basic redneck theory is you are either on one side of the line or the other. Those scumbags on the other side of the line need to be locked up or eliminated.

Come on Charlie! Don't hold back man. I know you want to say something. Just say it. It'll make you feel better.

Originally Posted by tnoisaw

Come on Charlie! Don't hold back man. I know you want to say something. Just say it. It'll make you feel better.

Originally Posted by Charlie

Start coughing and when you go to cover your mouth (remember to be polite) and bend a little, pull your gun and blow the scumbags away! Don't let 'em live another day to rob (or hurt, kill, rape, etc.) another day. Anybody that will rob you will do anything they feel like. Just my $.02. My basic redneck theory is you are either on one side of the line or the other. Those scumbags on the other side of the line need to be locked up or eliminated.

I like it!!!!!

I have seen some thigns that security experts recommend.

First, they say to keep your cash in a money clip seperate from your wallet. In a situation like that, take out the money in the clip, make sure they see it, and then throw it hard in the opposite direction that you plan on running.

Then you take off running in the opposite direction...FAST. Bob and weave if you think it helps, but the odds are on your side if you are a moving target. Most moving targets do not get hit often (always an exception).

Your average thug will go after the money, and leave you alone.

Of course, if they chase you, shoot them!

I gotta say, If someone is threatening my life with a gun, a shotgun at that, The last thing I'm going to do is turn my back on them!!!!!

In the above mentioned case, with no more details then are given I'm likely to side step to the left (I'm right handed) while drawing my weapon, as soon as my gun is on target the trigger is getting pulled at least twice.......the perps reaction to two .45 slugs will determine what happens next.....

What else? Curl up in a ball, whimper, and wait for death.



"We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is OK as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber. It is the responsibility of the victim to turn the tables and demolish the robber. Street crime will cease only when the perpetrator becomes convinced that his operations will almost surely result in his death." Jeff Cooper, February 1992.

My sister wants clarification, what would she do BEFORE or AFTER she pee'd her pants

Frayser woman takes intruder's gun, kills him

By Ruma Banerji Kumar
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October 10, 2006

A Frayser woman shot and killed an intruder who kicked in her apartment door and tried to rob her around midnight Sunday.

Tameca Drummer, a resident at Carriage House apartments at 1115 Frayser Blvd., told police the man, along with two others, forced their way into her home demanding money.

The people in her apartment, including her two children, were forced into the living room, while one of the intruders forced her into the bedroom looking for money, police spokesman Sgt. Vince Higgins said.

When that man struck her on the head with his handgun, she wrestled the gun away from him and shot and killed him, according to a police incident report.

Two other men involved in the attempted burglary fled in a teal green minivan. Police were still looking for them Monday.

The Fire Department members who arrived on the scene pronounced the intruder dead.

Originally Posted by jason0007

the reason i asked is..that's what happened to me when i was living in philadelphia..
2 guys walked in front of me as i was getting out of my car and heading to my apt..it was nighttime..they turned around and said "don't make me shoot you"..didn't hear them that well at first until i looked down and they seemed to have something under a coat....with a long barrel sticking out..
instinctintively i took out my wallet and they took it and ran off..
everything happened very fast..no time to think or be scared....

anyway...i didn't have any ccw or gun a the time but was just curious
..even if i did ..i don't know if i would choose to use it.....
are there times when it's better to just hand them the wallet rather than shoot the bastards, kill them and be charged or hounded by lawyers for the rest of your life??

I think you did the right thing. Even a gunslinger on the level of Doc Holliday isn't going to beat a shotgun pointed at you. Not likely, anyway. I don't advocate being a victim by any means, but you did the appropriate thing in the circumstances that were presented. We can armchair quarterback this situation ad infinitum, but each case presents different facts. Bill Jordan, Ed McGivern, Jerry Mikulek, Todd Jarrett, those guys MIGHT beat the drop.

I don't think any of us can possibly know until the situation arises. The best thing it seems is to prevent the situation arising at all, if possible. Failing that, you do what it takes to survive, I would think. Which is exactly what you did.

If I had seen the barrel, I would have pulled my gun. If not, wallet.

Originally Posted by Spenser

I think you did the right thing. Even a gunslinger on the level of Doc Holliday isn't going to beat a shotgun pointed at you. Not likely, anyway. I don't advocate being a victim by any means, but you did the appropriate thing in the circumstances that were presented. We can armchair quarterback this situation ad infinitum, but each case presents different facts. Bill Jordan, Ed McGivern, Jerry Mikulek, Todd Jarrett, those guys MIGHT beat the drop.

I don't think any of us can possibly know until the situation arises. The best thing it seems is to prevent the situation arising at all, if possible. Failing that, you do what it takes to survive, I would think. Which is exactly what you did.

Be aware of your surroundings is great advice. Sometimes easier than said but by making a habit of it will turn into a lifetime of it. After four years in the Air Force as a Security Policeman I still am doing things I was trained to do in 1979.

When I first moved to Las Vegas in `99, a co-worker suggested I get an extra cheap wallet ( and leave it empty) and keep it in my pocket. But keep my real wallet, with my money, CCs and license, in a non traditional place. I got a velcro ankle holder for it.
Within the nine months I lived there, I had two of my fake wallets pick-pocketed.

Originally Posted by 10mm Sonny

When I first moved to Las Vegas in `99, a co-worker suggested I get an extra cheap wallet ( and leave it empty) and keep it in my pocket. But keep my real wallet, with my money, CCs and license, in a non traditional place. I got a velcro ankle holder for it.
Within the nine months I lived there, I had two of my fake wallets pick-pocketed.

That's actually a decent idea. I usually don't keep my wallet in my purse. I had a bag stolen when I was in high school, I had no checks or CCs and only about $10 in cash in it. But things are different now, so I keep the wallet out of my purse.

I keep my gun out of my purse, too.

that sounds like a good idea...
at least keep some cheap cash in the fake wallet..

Originally Posted by 10mm Sonny

When I first moved to Las Vegas in `99, a co-worker suggested I get an extra cheap wallet ( and leave it empty) and keep it in my pocket. But keep my real wallet, with my money, CCs and license, in a non traditional place. I got a velcro ankle holder for it.
Within the nine months I lived there, I had two of my fake wallets pick-pocketed.

r u still in las vegas?????

just moved here myself..

Talking with people here at the PD, they pretty much all agree that, in that case, you hand over the wallet. I spoke with 5 officers and our crime analyst here and they all said that the odds are in your favor that they're going to just take your wallet and leave, and in a 2-on-1 scenario like that, you'd have to be able to draw and take down both assailants because that second guy could just as easily be armed.

Thankfully I've only had a gun pulled on me once, and that was a Federal Marshal who had been told I was harboring a fugitive in my hotel room. That was an interesting day...