re: Have you ever had to use your pistol to deter a human threat?

Came in for the App. State game in 2008 and had to leave on I49 with evacuation traffic. Stopped just outside of Alex at a gas station for the wife to go to the restroom. I had preparred for the weather and the trip and brought two extra 5 gal gas cans on top of the suburban. When we stopped the parking lot was packed and it was evident they were out of gas. Just as she got to the door, the manager locked it and shut the store since they were "out of change". In the minutes that passed, there were multiple people eyeing the gas cans I had on the roof. I wished I had had a gun but I didnt end up needing one.

Since that time I carry anytime we travel. On a return visit to BR a year later we stopped in Shreveport to get gas and as we were getting back on the interstate one of the kids knocked over their milk, so we pulled into the only parking lot avaialbe, an abandoned hotel right next to the onramp. Similar to the OP a guy comes out from the back of the building and from 50 yrds out starts asking for money to fix his non existent car. Despite telling him I wasnt going to give him any money he kept approaching. At 30 yrds I told him to stop coming closer. At 25 yards I puncuated that sentence with the buisness end of my .40. The guy all but shite his pants and fell over backwards trying to retreat.

When I lived in Ft Worth I had another instance where a random guy that wandered into my back yard through the alley was giving me a huge line of reccuring excuses until I presented the 12 gauge that I had been hiding just behind my leg. He was clearly high on something and I am certain the gun prevented me from having to kick his arse.

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Damn!!

I haven't been in a situation, but I def. have woken up in the middle of the night thinking I hear stuff. I just moved into my house I bought. It is a good neighborhood, but I guess I'm a little paranoid sometimes. My g/f moved in with me so its a little different when you have someone you want to protect too.

I have run through my head all the different things I'd try and do for different situations and how someone may try and enter my home

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Thats all it took. the scattered

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like somebody kicked an antpile?

Luckily I've never had an incident. I have driven down 70th through the Grove here in Shreve holding my gun and having my head on a swivel.

Dude! What part of S-port do you work in?

At the time, I was working right around the corner of Line and Pierremont. There's a really nice, one story, brick building just west of Line on the south side of Pierremont. It kind of backs up though to the edge of the Grove. Apparently, the guy could see me working alone in the building through the windows, and set up on me. He was waiting on me when I walked out. Put me in the car, made me drive him to Betty Virginia Park. Gun at the back of my head the whole time. He told me to put my hands behind my head. Since I could feel both his hand on mine, I knew he didn't have the gun in hand, so I bolted out the front door, and took off running up Ockley. He got hung up in child lock doors...I was almost too line by the time he got out. Stole the truck, all that. They found it at Huntington High school.


to Line rather.

Thanks. It sucked. Stupid thing was that office was basically a "clubhouse". We prolly had 5 shotguns in there, along w/golfclubs, and other boys toys that would have been awesome weapons. I had worked until about ten that night, and actually thought about carrying a gun out with me.

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It's illegal for me to CC at my job

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me too

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It's illegal for me to CC at my job

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ditto

While I was in Zambia visiting Victoria Falls, a young African male asked us if we would like to sneak into Zimbabwe. Being the idiots we were, we said yes. A long windy path up the hill, under a chain link fence, and 20 minutes later and we were standing on a bridge that is split in half between Zambia and Zimbabwe. After taking a few pictures in front of the "You are now in Zimbabwe" sign (or whatever it said) we got a little cocky and wanted to see the falls on the Zimbabwe side. Next thing I knew there were men with AKs wrestling with me and I could see my friend's back (he was running in the other direction). I FREAKED, to say the least.

Later I kind of put 2 and 2 together and realized the dude that asked us to sneak into Zimbabwe was probably just trying to get us into the hands of the kidnappers. Zimbabwe is bad. Worst economy in the world.

ETA I wish I would have had a handgun.