HOKIEHUNTER
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Ok, you and a bunch of buddies are heading to the gun range. you just stopped in at walmart (in a VERY busy part of town) and are carrying several bags of ammunition. you're gun is in the car b/c you don't yet have a CCW permit. as you're walking down to your car you notice that there is a group of about 20 guys standing about 10 cars down from where you're parked. they're broken up into 2 groups that are yelling and screaming at each other (in perfect ebonics). all of a sudden one guy whips out a 1911 and shoots 3 shots straight up in the air and puts the gun to the chest of the guy right in front of him. you don't have your cell phone on you, but can easily get to your gun without the group really noticing you b/c they are too preoccupied with each other. do you do anything or let it go?
I recently experienced this situation at my local wally world, and was tempted to at least pull out and load my .357. Since i'd just turned 21 and hand't taken any handgun classes (nor was i proficient with the gun at the time) i stood back and watched. now this was a very crowded parking lot, and frankly i didn't care if they shot each other, but a couple rows over was a mother getting out of her car with a baby, some young teens around, etc., and i just didn't want their bullets flying around the parking lot. i wanted to intervene, but like i said didn't. luckily the 3 of the friends of the guy with the gun to his chest tackled the guy with the gun and wrestled it away from him. the guy that originally held the gun got his tail kicked and they eventually all scattered. the guy with the gun got pulled into a car and we got the plate #, borrowed a cell phone, and the police grabbed him about a .25 mile down the road.
now i think i did the right thing in this situation, but if shots had started flying around the parking lot would i have been justified in dropping him? what would you do in this situation if the bullets had started to fly?
I recently experienced this situation at my local wally world, and was tempted to at least pull out and load my .357. Since i'd just turned 21 and hand't taken any handgun classes (nor was i proficient with the gun at the time) i stood back and watched. now this was a very crowded parking lot, and frankly i didn't care if they shot each other, but a couple rows over was a mother getting out of her car with a baby, some young teens around, etc., and i just didn't want their bullets flying around the parking lot. i wanted to intervene, but like i said didn't. luckily the 3 of the friends of the guy with the gun to his chest tackled the guy with the gun and wrestled it away from him. the guy that originally held the gun got his tail kicked and they eventually all scattered. the guy with the gun got pulled into a car and we got the plate #, borrowed a cell phone, and the police grabbed him about a .25 mile down the road.
now i think i did the right thing in this situation, but if shots had started flying around the parking lot would i have been justified in dropping him? what would you do in this situation if the bullets had started to fly?