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I went shopping at the HEB tonight. As I started up my car, there was a knock on my window. Feller younger than me, I'm 77, my height, stocky. I rolled down the window, I lifted my shirt put my hand on my AIWB G19. He said "I've locked myself out of my car, can you give me a lift? I live right over there". He pointed to an area which had no real residences. I said "Sorry, no". It was about an hour before sundown. I left. Was I being too cautious? Rude? Thoughts? A gun in the hand is worth more than ten policemen on the phone. The American Revolution was carried out by a group of gun toting religious zealots. | ||
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Anyone who can point to where they live can also walk there. I would have asked him if he had a spare key at his house or why he wanted to go there. Mrs. Lee only has one key for her car. | |||
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You were correct in your decision. He can call UBER, or walk. Cheers, Doug in Colorado NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
Nobody died. Ya done good. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
You did right. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Hoping for better pharmaceuticals |
You did the right thing. Getting shot is no achievement. Hitting your enemy is. NRA Endowment Member . NRA instructor | |||
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Did you call the store to alert them ? Or The local l.e. ? He might be preying on the elderly, I say call it in. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| california tumbles into the sea |
Survival instincts: gut feeling, intuition. Gavin de Becker talks about this in his book The Gift of Fear. | |||
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delicately calloused |
They used to call them the heebie-jeebies when the alarm went off inside. I try to follow my senses.... You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Same thing I would have done. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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You did good. A few months ago a guy asked me for gas money as I was getting in my car in the Publix parking lot. He supposedly needed money for gas but he did have thousands of dollars in “body art” all over him. I just said sorry and then lied and told him I don’t carry cash anymore. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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The only thing I wouldn't have done is rolled down the window. I'm not saying it was the wrong thing to do.....just putting it out there. I tend to be extremely rude when approached like that. I'd have told him to use a rock to gets into his car then left before he could use a rock on my car. You weren't too cautious and definitely were not rude. | |||
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I do not provide rides only lead. That would have been my answer. Same thing when the bums downtown pander for money. “I don’t carry cash or change, only lead”. They hear that and do a 180 instantly. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
Super hard when you’re raised to be a good and helpful person to say no, but I agree with the other posters. I’d notify the store, too. They can check on the welfare of the guy, or chase him out of their lot, if necessary. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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Be Like Mike |
My initial Tuesday evening quarterback thought is why does someone knocking on your window make you feel the need to lift your shirt and put your hand on your gun? It strikes me as a little premature given the gentleman hasn’t said the first word to you. Granted, I wasn’t there and am only trying to surmise an entire situation based on a few sentences on the internet. --------------- "Structural engineering is the art of moulding materials we don't understand into shapes we cannot precisely analyze, so as to withstand forces we cannot really access, in such a way that the community at large has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance." Dr. A. R. Dykes | |||
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I think your response was pretty good. And I think it is okay to put your hand on your pistol -- although I assume you did not let him see that you were armed. Another typical ruse to get close to a victim is for the criminal to ask to borrow your cell phone. Don't do it! And in all of these situations, your head should be on a swivel looking for the second criminal actor who is going to blind-side you while the first person has your attention. Best bet is to decline politely and move off the X quickly. | |||
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| Page late and a dollar short |
Nope, I would not let him in either. Too many ways that could go wrong. -------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman) | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Should have said, "Where is your car? Show me the key in the ignition."  No, you did right. Trust your instinct. Too many con artists roaming supermarket parking lots telling sob stories hoping for a bleeding heart to take a bite. Q | |||
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| Ammoholic |
There is a (small) possibility that he was legit. If so, maybe the next person will help him. The older I get the louder that little voice in the back gets, and the closer I listen to it. I might have only cracked the window, and I may or may not have put my hand on my pistol, but if it felt like the right thing for you to do, it probably was the right thing to do. I wasn’t there, you were. Besides, it pays to remember that when things go pear shaped, they often go pear shaped very quickly. | |||
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| delicately calloused |
The doctor who brought me into this world many decades ago was a good and selfless man. He picked up a hitchhiker back in the late 60's who slashed his throat and left the good doc slumped over and bleeding out behind the wheel. Stranger danger. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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