Bruce from West Oz
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Talking at the range to a friend of mine today. He's a nice bloke. What you'd call a "gentle giant".
His son, unfortunately, isn't quite so straight. He's into "recreational" drugs and so on.
The son, apparently, owed a bikie some $5000AUD for drugs, and couldn't pay.
So my friend was at home the other night, after being at the range, when there was a knock at the door.
He opened it to find a very large Maori (New Zealand native) at the door, who demanded $5000 or he would "take it out in flesh".
My friend saw the BG had something under his coat and down his trousers, about a metre long -- he assumed a shotgun.
He held up his hands in a placating manner and said, "Hang on a minute, mate. I've got something for you". He went to the kitchen table, undid the gun case where he'd dropped it after coming home from the range and took out his Ruger .357 magnum revolver. He dropped a full speedloader in and closed the chamber.
When he went back to the front door, the Maori guy had pulled his "weapon". It was a solid one-inch steel bar, about one inch in diameter.
My friend, conscious his wife was just a few feet behind him, levelled the revolver at the BG's head and cocked it.
The man (he said) went "white", and said, "We don't have to do this, mate".
"No," said my friend, "we don't. It's your choice."
The man left.
Shaking like hell, my mate unloaded the gun and spent most of the evening almost in tears at what he'd nearly done. Because he said he would have pulled the trigger.
And he would have gone to gaol, because what he did was totally illegal (here). You can't use "excessive force" (read "firearm") unless your life is directly in danger -- and the BG was just going to beat the snots out of them, not kill them -- you can not use a firearm in your defence.
Hence the reason this will never make the newspapers.
B
(NOTE: Ultimately, he sold his boat to pay his son's "debt". Why?? Because he realised he couldn't always be around to protect his wife.)
His son, unfortunately, isn't quite so straight. He's into "recreational" drugs and so on.
The son, apparently, owed a bikie some $5000AUD for drugs, and couldn't pay.
So my friend was at home the other night, after being at the range, when there was a knock at the door.
He opened it to find a very large Maori (New Zealand native) at the door, who demanded $5000 or he would "take it out in flesh".
My friend saw the BG had something under his coat and down his trousers, about a metre long -- he assumed a shotgun.
He held up his hands in a placating manner and said, "Hang on a minute, mate. I've got something for you". He went to the kitchen table, undid the gun case where he'd dropped it after coming home from the range and took out his Ruger .357 magnum revolver. He dropped a full speedloader in and closed the chamber.
When he went back to the front door, the Maori guy had pulled his "weapon". It was a solid one-inch steel bar, about one inch in diameter.
My friend, conscious his wife was just a few feet behind him, levelled the revolver at the BG's head and cocked it.
The man (he said) went "white", and said, "We don't have to do this, mate".
"No," said my friend, "we don't. It's your choice."
The man left.
Shaking like hell, my mate unloaded the gun and spent most of the evening almost in tears at what he'd nearly done. Because he said he would have pulled the trigger.
And he would have gone to gaol, because what he did was totally illegal (here). You can't use "excessive force" (read "firearm") unless your life is directly in danger -- and the BG was just going to beat the snots out of them, not kill them -- you can not use a firearm in your defence.
Hence the reason this will never make the newspapers.
B
(NOTE: Ultimately, he sold his boat to pay his son's "debt". Why?? Because he realised he couldn't always be around to protect his wife.)
