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sounds like a toxic relationshipGas stations are the worst.
I started filling my wife's car for her on the weekend.
Avoidance.
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sounds like a toxic relationshipGas stations are the worst.
I started filling my wife's car for her on the weekend.
Avoidance.
In this situation, I would not have drawn my EDC, whatever my EDC was. Assuming I was outside a car, I would have run to get behind the building...whether I had my trusty 686 or a high capacity plastic wonder. And whatever caliber. If I was in a car I would have driven off fast, even if I had a shotgun within reach. So while my 686 would have been inadequate for the situation, so would anything else I might be carrying. What would limit my ability and willingness to try to deal with the situation in some way better than running isn't my firearm having only 6 rounds. It's 4 or more bad buys, four or more carbines, rapidly moving targets busy with each other and probably likely to ignore me if I kept my gun concealed, a city full of dwellings where any bullet of mine might kill an innocent, and only the bad guys being targeted.So I saw this on YouTube last night. It's a shootout at a gas station between some thugs. Looks like they are carying lightly concealed carbines.
I will be the first to admit that I have generally not carried what I would consider as adequate firepower to deal with a situation like this. I have generally carried handguns with single stack magazines or revolvers. Multiple people armed with carbines is just not a scenario I plan for (except when I lived on the Mexican border). Is this the kind of scenario you personally prepare to deal with on a daily basis?
I'm not injecting myself into a thug turf war. I'll just leave and let them kill themselves.
The problem is the innocent bystanders they take out along the way, otherwise I'd be all for 50 gallons drums full of crack and ammo on every street corner.I agree, let the gang critters take each other out.
Meh... let em pick each other off. Then... you only have to sneak around the corner and shoot the survivor.In this situation, I would not have drawn my EDC, whatever my EDC was. Assuming I was outside a car, I would have run to get behind the building...whether I had my trusty 686 or a high capacity plastic wonder. And whatever caliber. If I was in a car I would have driven off fast, even if I had a shotgun within reach. So while my 686 would have been inadequate for the situation, so would anything else I might be carrying. What would limit my ability and willingness to try to deal with the situation in some way better than running isn't my firearm having only 6 rounds. It's 4 or more bad buys, four or more carbines, rapidly moving targets busy with each other and probably likely to ignore me if I kept my gun concealed, a city full of dwellings where any bullet of mine might kill an innocent, and only the bad guys being targeted.
You can only carry so much gear all the time, you can't be ready for some of the outliers.it likely is not possible to fully prepare for a situation like the gas station.
With the police understaffed, trepedatious about making arrests and so forth, it's not apt to get better. If it comes to another Summer 2020 (or worse), we may see many people take up carrying a rifle daily for protection.the state of our society appears to be worsening and I certainly wouldn't mind having some extra "insurance" close at hand if possible.
A victim is at a disadvantage to the crook, who is already poised to act and therefore has the initial upper hand. Quick thinking is definitely called for. Retrieving a rifle could put you at risk of death or injury. Taking the time to pull a handgun could pose a risk of death or injury. Freezing and putting your hands in the air might save your life. If robbery is their only motive and nobody has foreknowledge of that.The brief window required to retrieve it would leave me exposed to fire from the assailants.
To me it seemed to be rivals discovering they were both at the same gas station and getting into a gun battle.In the video posted by the OP, I couldn't tell if this was a robbery gone wrong or some kind of gang deal. It didn't appear to be a hold-up of an individual victim. Victims are at particular risk in gas station situatons. Where their attention is diverted by the mechanics of the transaction. And many such places are now havens for deadbeats and crooks.