"My Gun Saved My Life"

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you remember every single detail

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Wow, that story brought back my experience to the forefront. I had a similar incident. I don't know if the BG was armed , I never saw his hands as he had them shoved down in an army jacket. But an event that took only a few seconds seemed to me to be in slow motion at the time. I analyzed that I couldn't see his hands and he had an army jacket on in August. My mind analyzed everything as it happened and what my next move was going to be. I'm not saying every encounter would be like that but mine was.
I knew that if he took one more step I was going to shoot him because not seeing what was in his hands was sending off a red alarm to me. Another was that when I pointed my .357 at him and cocked it he didn't flinch a bit and actually got agitated when I did it. I thought wow this guy isn't scared a bit even with a gun pointed at him.
If that would happen now, my employer would fire me as we have a no guns on property policy,even in a parking lot. But I'd rather be alive with no job than dead and employed.

Twang's story makes the hair stand on my neck and my CC license can't get here soon enough.

Yep, at the big decision time I told him if he took a step I was going to shoot him ( I thought to myself 6 times and he wouldn't be testifying at my trial). He went back the way he came and that was the end of it. Cops came took everything down and said " Ok that'll do it. Thanks." I was like

Solid video


He did the right thing by not pulling the trigger, saved himself a lot of grief.