A CCW non-incident....

[woad_yurt]

I put quotation marks around "in range" for a reason. That's her way of saying that it wasn't gun time yet. She's knows that she may not claim self-defense successfully if she shoots someone from too far a distance. She also knows when she can hit her target. She was talking about legal, last resort range, not how far that gun can shoot and still do damage. I think she did right.

And yes, I think she'd be better off with a .38 snubby but it's not my call.

 

[Glock_19]

I put quotation marks around "in range" for a reason. That's her way of saying that it wasn't gun time yet. She's knows that she may not claim self-defense successfully if she shoots someone from too far a distance. She also knows when she can hit her target. She was talking about legal, last resort range, not how far that gun can shoot and still do damage. I think she did right.

She absolutely did the right thing. I know there's no exact number of feet someone has to be within, but if you shoot someone that's more than lets say 15-20 feet away the question will always be asked in court, "why didn't you try to run?"

 

[BillCA]

It's like saying that because an asteroid didn't strike earth yesterday, it proves that an asteroid could strike anywhere at any time.

That's a deliberate misconstruction, Pete. The proper analogy would be something like "An asteroid, which previously passed within 1 million miles of earth in 2001, returned today and passed within only 650,000 miles."

Again... an asteroid didn't strike the earth, but it shows that one could possibly come in contact due to its previously known behavior.

In this case, some wierdo asks a girl from inside his car if she'd like to make "a little extra money". Gee...what could he be implying? Is he offering her a job at the car wash? Is he simply a pornographer looking for "new girls"? Or something more nefarious? We simply don't know.

But the real clue is his return to follow her and try to make closer contact. If he was legit, he'd not waste his time on her. My guess is that he was stalking her as a potential victim. Many of the sex-crimes that occur around here happen between 9AM and Noon. That's when most folks are at work, many neighborhoods almost void of people who'd hear a cry for help. Most often the perp is a swing-shift worker (7-12) or night-worker (11-7). They seem to taper off greatly after 12-Noon so they have time to mend any injuries, dispose of evidence and/or get a few hours of sleep before going to work.

So, from my perspective, this does show that women can be targeted as prey at any time by perverts and rapists. It also shows the benefit of just having a gun available -- her attitude wasn't one of fear, but of firm resistance. That was sufficient to push him off on some other unsuspeting person.

 

[ClayInTx]

No, you're not right.

In almost every group there is that guy who is ready to tell you that you’re not really correct in what you said.

“This is a beautiful day! Just look at that blue sky.”
“Well, the sky isn’t really blue. Look over there, notice how is tends toward gray? And not only that... “

“It sure is cold out here.”
“No, it isn’t that cold. What’s making you feel cold is the wind chill factor. That’s when...”

In the OP the guy approached her and asked a propositioning question.
In prostitute sting operations this is enough, or with a couple more remarks, enough to get him arrested. Usually it takes a mention of money and that was done as soon as he spoke.

The second time he paced her with his car after being told to leave her alone.
If anyone doesn’t see potential danger there then I don’t know what to say to them. That’s stalking and can get a man in trouble quick.

As far as “in range” that could mean if he got out of the car and walked toward her. I accept that she would know when it’s time to pull the gun and when it’s time to fire it.

In the time it would take him to get out of the car she could pull the gun from her pocket.
One step toward her and she could fire.
There is not a prosecutor in this country who could fault her and keep his job.

This was not truly a non-incident. The OP told of a potential danger that occurred and how the potential victim handled it. Good post!!

 

[Mal H]

I've got to close this if only for my own sanity.

It actually started out ok - a report on why a CCW with any gun can be a good thing. Then the logic started getting a little difficult to understand - and that was somewhere around post #2.

It's not at all clear why the initial post and report had to be dissected so thoroughly (and with so little attendant logic in the analogies). At any rate, though there were some glimmers of hope in the follow-on posts (thanks Jim and several others), it never really got to the point where leaving it open was more favorable than closing it.