How About Some Monday Evening Humor... (FUD, this is all you buddy!)

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KaMaKaZe

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Ya know.. like FUD, I often find myself contemplating decisions that I should make should I find myself in situation X. Like FUD, I often require help from my friends to help my make the appropriate decisions based on thier knowledge of the subject matter. Sometimes I just wish to be comforted with the fact that I'm not the only person in the world thats done this or that, or ever even wondered about something crazy. In light of some negative feedback FUD has received in the past based on sharing some experiences with us.. I thought I would help take a little bit of "heat" off of him.

If you can't file this situation away as being odd (to say the least), well.. :p

So some time ago, I had evaluated some "plans" I would exercise if faced with a situation that loosely called for some "plan" of action.

I'm sitting in my car at the middle of a busy intersection, windows down, head bobbin' to the music.. the usual afternoon commute home. I was positioned in the middle of several cars, not being close the the light but not far from it. I had a lane to my right with several cars also waiting. A turn lane to my left with no one in it. More cars waiting to go in the other direction at another light not to far behind me.

So I'm doing my own thing when "BANG.. BANG-BANG" shatters the nice rythm of my Techno musik. Before the last "BANG" that seemed to shatter my left ear drum occured, I "instinctively" had my right hand on the gun layin' in the passanger seat.. had brought it across my body to point out toward my driver's side window while at the same time unbuckling myself with my left hand and leaning over with my back toward the console...

Only to witness a great ball of fire erupt from the muffler of a UPS truck not even 25ft away in the opposite lane. :eek:

Now, after getting over the inital shock of my ears still ringing, checking to see if my seat was still try, and checking the car at 3 o'clock to see if they had witnessed my act (it appeared they had not).. I quickly lowered my pistol into my lap.

To further back up my statements.. that I WAS NOT acting irrationally given the circumstances.. I heard 2 women scream (one was an excruciating shreek that I even heard over the second "BANG"), 1 man yell some descriptive adjetives ;), and the faces of several other stunned individuals that patted their chests and shook their head.

After the light turned green.. and I passed through the intersection.. I noticed that I had managed to unbuckle myself. Amazed that I hadn't even realized I had done it; I marveled at the fact that I was able to do all these actions within the less than 3 seconds it took to hear all three "BANGS."

Okay. Of the two times I have ever had to pull a firearm to defend myself.. one was while I was in a car. I was totally unprepared for the situation, but still escaped unhurt. Had the BG been a little more cunning, I might not be able to make that comment. I swore up and down I wouldn't let something similar happen again.

So you may all now laugh.. and you too FUD, for I think we've both earned it.

:D

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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!

oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
 
No laughter from this corner. Backfires at close range, especially from a big engine, sound scary as hell. Hearing noises like that when I'm hemmed in (sometimes unavoidable) give me a painful adrenaline surge.

Keep up the SA and training. :)
 
You better stay away from Mazda roteries, they put me under the table more than once.

Sam...don't sneak up on my six; I'm gassy.
 
Yu know I have driven through two gunfights/shootings before and I think you reacted appropriately.
The First I was stopped at a light at a busy intersection and heard 5 sharp pops close by. My rider yelled "floor it!" My responce was: "Don't worry he's reloading" The funny thing is I KNEW it was a little .22 figured it was somthing small and that the shooter was probably running like hell now.
The second time was Driving down a street heard some shots and had to slam on the breaks to miss a guy running accross the road. I went to yell at him an saw he was crouched down behind a car Shooting a pistol down the street. You know, the Hold gun above head, aim in general direction and let fly while hiding everything else position. I floored it and got the hell out of dodge.
 
Do you remember the little pickup in California a couple of years ago. Everytime the guy shifted gears it back fired. There must have been 50 people used their cell phones to call the CHP and tell them they had been shot at by some guy in a pickup. The poor smuck ended up with about 20 cops pointing guns at him. LMAO He was delivering pizza if memory serves me right. They told him to get his motor tuned before he drove it anymore. :)
 
KaMaKaZe (why does your handle have upper & lower case letters -- it makes it very difficult to type):

Thanks guy, I appreciate what you're doing.
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Let me add as a side comment that everyone learns from either their own experiences or that of others. When you, or I, share our experiences, it gives others something to think about (as to how they would act in a similar situation) and it provides an opportunity for those with past experience in this area to offer suggestions for improvements. Those who chime in and tell us what we did wrong but offer no advise on how to act more correctly in the future provide no benefit to the rest of us (most of the time before I even start typing a thread, I know that my actions/responses could have been better) and I often wonder why they even bother to comment -- the exception being the good-natured joke here & there.

Fortunately, a majority of TFL members are very caring, knowledgeable & supportive individuals very eager to help & offer advise and I consider it an honor to be among them. Best regards, FUD.
 
I just remembered this. About 5 years ago 2 of us were working nights installing some secuity equipment. We had to work nites due to the work being done in the building we were working in.
About 10 PM we went to eat supper.
When we went to get into his van, as he reached across the seats to unlock the passenger door, the glass in the drivers side window exploded.
The next thing I know I am looking at him while laying under his van. He was under it with me.
I asked him if he had heard a gun shot and he answered No he had not.
After SLOWLY getting from under the van and looking around, we could not see anything but normal traffic in the area.
He had a scanner mounted to the ceiling of his van and was using a piece of stiff stainless steel wire for an antenna. The wire was hanging down from the scanner over the motor area. We looked around and finaly figured out that his coat sleeve had snagged on the makeshift antenna. When the wire sprang back into its normal position, the tie clasp that was clipped to the antenna was shot through his drivers side window, completely taking out all of the glass.
We had a good laugh over the whole thing, but you talk about two guys moving quickly. :) LMAO
Even our manager thought is was funny, until he saw the bill for replacing the window. He lost some of his humor then.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>When you, or I, share our experiences, it gives others something to think about[/quote]

Mr. FUD, sir, I've mostly been a lurker here for a couple of months, but I always look forward to your posts for just this reason.

zook
 
Thank you zook for the kind words. As I have not had the opportunity to do so earlier, let me welcome you to TFL where you can share what you know & learn what you don't. FUD.
 
A few nights ago, well after 10pm, I made a run to the McDonalds drive thru and returned home with my bag of goodies.

I pulled into the driveway, parked the car, turned off the headlights, got out of the car and proceeded to walk down the walkway to my frontdoor.

I'm halfway down the walkway when suddenly I hear "pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop" in the distance. Scared the $&#& outta' me!

I found myself plastered up against a very large tree 10ft. from the walkway. I had my
gun drawn and in low ready.

I stood there for at least 10 minutes before I made a mad dash for the house. Once inside, I was frantically checking for blood and bullet holes! I honestly thought someone was shooting at me!

No wounds, so I turned on the police scanner to see if anyone reported gunshots being fired in my area. Sure enough! A car was being dispatched to the gas station two blocks away.

Apparently someone pumped gas and drove off without paying, so the clerk shot at the fleeing car.

During this whole ordeal, I completely forgot about my bag of goodies. I didn't even remember dropping the bag!

Luckily, everything was still warm when I remembered. Including myself! :p
 
I for one enjoy these type of posts. Everyone runs into situations in their life where they react. Now it may be the correct reaction or it may not be. That is why we talk about things and discuss other options. Those of you that have ALL the answers and react perfect in EVERY situation please fogive us for boring you with our dribble.
FUD & Kamakaze please keep up the good discussions. It's hard to post your true reactions to a situations but it's easy to chime in as a monday morning quarter back.

As for this situation. Well most of my heart stoppers have been at home so since i have not been in this situation and have nothing comment on I will just say that I hope when it happens to me I will not be seen holding my pistol in the car and cause a panic.


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"Some people spend an entire liftime wondering if they made a difference. Marines don't have that problem."
Semper Fi
 
Coinneach, I'm serious.. I thought I was done for! :eek:

Meiji_man, Thanks.. I hope to never find myself in such a situation.

FUD, How'd you like it if I just typed it in hax0r notation? Which can you type faster? "KaMaKaZe" or "k4m4k4z3"? :D Thought you might get a kick out of this post, so I thought I'd entertain everyone for a day or two. ;)

DannyO, I hadn't considered it up till now, but whomever saw me with my gun could have surely mistaken me for the backfire that they heard.. :eek: Last thing I need is some cellular phone-wielding soccer mom to call me in to Fulton Co. police.. :mad:



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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!

oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
 
As some of you know, I live in a pretty bad part of town. Every year around New Years and every other holiday the locals decide to shoot their guns into the air. I have heard everything you can imagine, and some you can't, fired in the night.

New Years eve 1999, Y2K, Chad has to work.
I get home about 0100 and am walking to the house carrying a Mossberg when right behind me I hear poppoppoppoppop. I dive behind a tree, rack the slide, and dump more adrenaline than I thought possible. Peak around and notice my neighbors laughing at their cool skills with the 9. Drunken fools didn't even notice me there. Got mad, blew it off, went inside to sleep off a 16 hour shift. That takes control :)
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KaMaKaZe:
... How'd you like it if I just typed it in hax0r notation ...[/quote]I'm thinking of changing my handle from the simple "FUD" to the longer "Baron_von_Fud, the_Fud Man, as in Fud-a-lud-a-ding-dong & Fudarewski, the_Fu_Man_Fud & the_Fudmeister" (borrowed from [Link to invalid post])
 
FUD, KaMaKaZe, as zook said, I tend to lurk a lot here. Look forward mostly to your posts as they are usually the most thought provoking and interesting.


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My Colt .45... Better to have and not need, than to need and not have.
 
KaMaKaZe, switch to decaf and give yourself a smirk. You reacted well. There were probably some other people in nearby cars who were also holding pistols low that you didn't see, just like they didn't see you. ;)
College story: shortly after a run-in with some locals during which they decided to pop off a few rounds at me I tended to be a bit...uhmmmm, edgy. On the way back to my apartment with my three roommates a car backfired. A half second later they were all standing over me as I was flattened in the dirt asking if they should call someone to come get me (namely the paddy wagon). No, said I. I leisurely got up, dusted myself off, went home, and changed my delicates.

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Those who use arms well cultivate the Way and keep the rules.Thus they can govern in such a way as to prevail over the corrupt- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
 
One new years, we were out back just relaxing. I heard a loud POP! and saw a muzzle flash behind the fence.

I immediately got everyone down, and got everyone behind a wall. A couple minutes later, 3 units come flying outta nowhere and surround the house. About 8 more units came, and SWAT was deployed.

They finally got the guy to come out, and everything ended good.I guess he had just decided to celebrate new years by shootin some rounds off. Pretty big scare though...

Oh, and if the sounds of gunfire freak ya out, I suggest you don't go to Tuba City, AZ for new years. I'd say about 1000 rounds are dumped into the air that night....
 
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