Hardball,
Neither would I, nor would flimflam....it was a pistol he has carried everyday in his front pockett for years, he carries a glock daily and has several loaded weapons stashed around the store, the problem was with the initial attack with its subsequent severe wounding(deeper penetration would have hit his heart, but the blade was deflected by the ribcage), he was seperated from his glock, and as the attack was pressed the kid unknowing managed to get between him and a loaded firearm, while taking several stab wounds and retreating with the kid in hot pursuit, the scenario didnt allow for the time to actually acquire one of the other loaded firearms in the back room before being run through side to side, at that point the realization set in that he was going to die. He has told me that at that point while transfixed with the blade and still struggling with the kid, he grabs the blade and trys to control the blade and pull it out of himself, he remembers that 25acp, (its likes keys or a pocket knife it goes in his pockett every day), when his hand touches that 25acp he KNEW he was gonna win......the mind does funny things under severe stress, he had already taken 5 stab wounds, some quite severe prior to being able to inflict any stopping damage to this kid....Im just glad he had that 25acp in his pockett....fubsy.