OldMarksman
Staff
This violent carjacking attempt occurred before dawn yesterday, in one of the best parts of St. Louis County, MO. I have long been familiar with the locale.
I do not like bring out in the car in the hours after the bard closed. The victim here was obliged to be in that situation routinely because of his job.
Some thugs blocked the path of a driver delivering newspapers. They jumped from their car and ran back with guns drawn, covered him from both sides, and demanded that he exit his vehicle.
Instead, he hit the gas and drove around them. The thugs fired several shots at the departing car, and one of them wounded the victim.
I almost always have a pistol with me when driving--two, often, because of the increase in the frequency of car-jackings.
I don't think that it would have been reasonable or prudent to attempt armed resistance in this case. The vicim had two realistic alternatives--comply, or drive off. At that hour, I think that I, too, would have done the latter.
https://www.kmov.com/news/driver-shot-while-delivering-newspapers-in-ladue-speaks/article_4fbb97cc-8e55-11ec-81e5-5f424ff8d7d0.html
I do not like bring out in the car in the hours after the bard closed. The victim here was obliged to be in that situation routinely because of his job.
Some thugs blocked the path of a driver delivering newspapers. They jumped from their car and ran back with guns drawn, covered him from both sides, and demanded that he exit his vehicle.
Instead, he hit the gas and drove around them. The thugs fired several shots at the departing car, and one of them wounded the victim.
I almost always have a pistol with me when driving--two, often, because of the increase in the frequency of car-jackings.
I don't think that it would have been reasonable or prudent to attempt armed resistance in this case. The vicim had two realistic alternatives--comply, or drive off. At that hour, I think that I, too, would have done the latter.
https://www.kmov.com/news/driver-shot-while-delivering-newspapers-in-ladue-speaks/article_4fbb97cc-8e55-11ec-81e5-5f424ff8d7d0.html