Posted on 05/28/2012 4:22:33 AM PDT by Kaslin
He didn't have a purty mouth. At all!
Geeze—when I’m traveling, I always have my pistol holstered and clipped to my belt. I can’t figure out what good a gun is when it’s locked in the trunk of your car and you get into some sort of threatening situation..........
If Mike let this man within 7 yards without being ready to shoot, he made a mistake.
He may not be so lucky next time.
I wonder, if riots broke out in a Texas city, would store windows be broken and stores looted.”
In Dallas? Maybe.
In Amarillo? I doubt it....
From a tactical point of view, Mr. Adams is handicapping himself badly if, in an emergency, he has to draw his weapon from the bucket in the trunk of his car. It would be much faster to draw from a holster on his hip.
His comments on the socioloists are, as usual, spot on.
Off subject, but I have to pass on what my wealthy friend does with salesmen:
Salesman calls my buddy trying to sell investments, usually oil & gas partnerships.
My buddy says, “Yes, I am the head of the family corporation and am responsible for investing several million dollars. Please send me your prospectus with a check for $2500 and I will have my CPA and Attorney analyze it. They cost $250 per hour, and it usually takes about 10 hours to analyze a prospectus. If their time runs over 10 hours I’ll let you know how much more money to send.”
Click.
Ok, so if he wants to carry it in his trunk - why a bucket?
I suppose the bucket is to keep it from sliding all around loose, so he knows where it is when he has to draw it quickly.
He began walkin in our direction. I beeped the truck open, the girls hopped in. As I opened my door and started to slip in, I opened the center console, shook off the holster of my .38 snub.
Sat in the drivers seat, put the pistol in my lap, turned to pull my door closed and there he was, standing just on the other side of the glass.
He'd come around the back side of the truck, kinda in my blind spot. He said something, but I didn't understand what he said.
I said, “BACK UP”. He mouthed something else. I began raising Bertha and said again, “BACK UP”.
Guess what? This young black male understood exactly what was being asked of him.
Lucky for him....third times a charm!
5.56 mm?
AR-15?
Me? I answer the door with a .45 on my hip under my shirt.
Now there is an entire political campaign devoted to begging for $3 donations ...
Very well written.
The last thing they wanted was for the Crackers to be stirred up. Speaks volumes to the security of small towns where eveybody understands everybody else.
Only in Holder’s side of town. Won’t see much rioting in Texas, too many “anti-riot” rednecks!
A panhandler walked up to me in a convenience store parking lot and asked for some money for food. I said “I’ll tell you what I’ll do. I’ll take you to an AA meeting then buy you something to eat afterwards.”
He said “F... you!” and walked away.
I had one walk up to me in the parking lot of a grocery store and ask for $5 because he was hungry. I told him I would go back inside and buy him some bread, lunchmeat, etc. He walked off.
Orlando Florida Thanksgiving 2011. Wife and youngest child get out and go into a Dunkin Donuts for a bathroom break. Once inside a cracked out homeless guy starts chasing people around the parking lot asking for money. He sees me sitting in the family minivan and thinks easy target. He knocks on my drivers glass. I roll down window a half inch and ask what he wants. He says money and I say no. He gets mad and I roll up the window. Now I carry 2 guns when traveling. A glock 27 and a sig p238. The sig stays in my front pocket. The g27 stays in drivers side door. I pull the glock and keep it down but obvious I have it. To my surprise this does noy deter him. We lock eyes and I bring support hand into position. I mouth to him “back up” twice. The second time he came to his senses and walked away. I call police. Now I have a new problem. Wife and child inside and other kids inside. I motion for wife to stay inside. Guy walks to other side of parking lot and she makes dash for van. Everyone in and doors locked we drive away.
Lessons learned
1. Without gun the guy would have attacked me.
2. Wife needs to carry at all times.
3. Tactically I had spread myself thin having two seperate groups to protect
4. The glock was a much better comfort than the sig when confronted by a large person who was under the influence of drugs.
5. When seconds count, guns are the only protection you may have.
I've also noticed that my family members do not see or perceive possible troubles in rest stops or other areas when stopped, they are focused on using the restroom or getting food and nothing else.
So I usually hang back (gun in hand) and keep an eye on possible troublemakers while the family member do their business.
I've tried to make them more aware of their surroundings but I have found it is hopeless.
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