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I'm on vacation at a place where no ccw with out of state permit, so I don't have a gun with me. Not that it would have helped.
Met to buy a collector's item. Guy kept trying to get me to meet at some dark apartment complex. I said no, let's meet at this gas station. I parked right in front of a camera. Well lit area. Guy puts the box in the back seat. Something is off. I see a pistol magazine shuffle in his hand. He's nervous and taking too long to put the box in the seat. I start thinking of how to take him down if he pulls a gun when he turns.
He steps away, no gun. I go to inspect the box...there's a bottle of vaseline in it!!! I turn to him and he has a gun out suddenly. "Give me your money give it to me now!!" He keeps repeating as he has the gun at his hip, like a low ready but not canted. I told him no. I couldn't do a gun disarmament from his low ready. I point at the camera and tell him there's a camera right there, he looks up at it. I had told my gf who was with me I parked in the camera area on purpose and would point at it to get him to look and distract him if anything happened. It worked. What didn't work is I couldn't take the gun from the low ready. They try to keep it low and not visible. Gun disarmament techniques in a dojo only work when the gun is extended and in your face.
We spin around as I try to circle him and grab him, gas station worker cleaning the parking lot walks buy, I tell that he's trying to rob me. The idiot thug who looks just like that kid shot in Florida by that guy we will not mention, goes running.
Gas station attendants and I called the cops. We had dinner reservations and my gf didn't want to wait so we told dispatch we were leaving. No one was hurt, he ran to those apartments and I kept my money.
A gun didn't save me. I wouldn't have been able to draw on him. Thinking ahead about camera angles and distraction techniques did.
There were a lot of red flags. I should have avoided the guy, gone with my gut.
A cool head, a plan made ahead of time and strategic location helped save my bubblegum.
Strangest thing of all: I had no fear and no shakes, during or after. It was insane but no tunnel vision.
Gas station attendants saw the whole thing. Insane.
Back to vacation...
Met to buy a collector's item. Guy kept trying to get me to meet at some dark apartment complex. I said no, let's meet at this gas station. I parked right in front of a camera. Well lit area. Guy puts the box in the back seat. Something is off. I see a pistol magazine shuffle in his hand. He's nervous and taking too long to put the box in the seat. I start thinking of how to take him down if he pulls a gun when he turns.
He steps away, no gun. I go to inspect the box...there's a bottle of vaseline in it!!! I turn to him and he has a gun out suddenly. "Give me your money give it to me now!!" He keeps repeating as he has the gun at his hip, like a low ready but not canted. I told him no. I couldn't do a gun disarmament from his low ready. I point at the camera and tell him there's a camera right there, he looks up at it. I had told my gf who was with me I parked in the camera area on purpose and would point at it to get him to look and distract him if anything happened. It worked. What didn't work is I couldn't take the gun from the low ready. They try to keep it low and not visible. Gun disarmament techniques in a dojo only work when the gun is extended and in your face.
We spin around as I try to circle him and grab him, gas station worker cleaning the parking lot walks buy, I tell that he's trying to rob me. The idiot thug who looks just like that kid shot in Florida by that guy we will not mention, goes running.
Gas station attendants and I called the cops. We had dinner reservations and my gf didn't want to wait so we told dispatch we were leaving. No one was hurt, he ran to those apartments and I kept my money.
A gun didn't save me. I wouldn't have been able to draw on him. Thinking ahead about camera angles and distraction techniques did.
There were a lot of red flags. I should have avoided the guy, gone with my gut.
A cool head, a plan made ahead of time and strategic location helped save my bubblegum.
Strangest thing of all: I had no fear and no shakes, during or after. It was insane but no tunnel vision.
Gas station attendants saw the whole thing. Insane.
Back to vacation...
