How many have been in a gunfight?

[markj]

More than a few times drunk people that were kicked out would take shots at the door man from the parking lot

That was how I got it in the upper left shoulder. I was turning towards the door after ejecting a disruptive lad. Ouchie. Hate it when that happens.

 

[threegun]

Threegun, you don't happen to have a .45 scar on your leg do you?

No DJ LOL. Turns out we are coworkers. I've worked with MicrOgunner and his brother for better than a decade. Nice guys both of them and Micro is a heck of a shot.....................his brother.......well at least he won the fight LOL. He's gonna kick my butt now LOL.

 

[katana8869]

I used to work as a bouncer in alot of clubs and bars
More than a few times drunk people that were kicked out would take shots at the door man from the parking lot. Not a gun fight but close enough for me

I know what you mean, that happened to me in 1995 while my best friend and I where working as bouncers at a strip club.

I was in a dust up in 1988 during which a couple of drunks with guns started lobbing rounds through the trees and into my campsite because they were acting like, well, drunks with guns. I guess at first, they didn't know that I was there. I ended up belly down in the dirt shouting for them to stop, which I guess they thought was funny because I could hear them whooping and laughing followed by more shots which were coming right in on me. My truck was hit twice during all of this and I really thought at the time that they had decided to shoot me.

I didn't really know what else to do, so I belly crawled back to my tent where got my hands on my Mini 14 and dumped a 30 round magazine back in their direction. No more return fire after that so I got in my truck and hauled it out of there leaving all of the camping stuff where it sat.

Before anyone flames too hard, I was only 18 at the time and was just damn thankful to get out of there in one piece. I notified the Sheriffs Dept. but nothing ever came out of it.

The last incident that I had was 3 years ago when I shot a dog that attacked my then 2 year old daughter in the back yard at my parents home. Again, not a gunfight technically, but the stakes don't get much higher than they are when your baby is in harms way. Luckily she wasn't hurt, just very frightened. In that instance I got a 1 shot stop from my Glock 27 COM with a front chest shot on a 90 pound mixed breed. The ammo I was using at the time was Cor-Bon 135gr .40 and it worked very well.

I don't claim to be a bad a$$ or a pistolero, but I know enough to say that having live rounds or serious danger coming either your way or toward someone you love dearly is not something to be taken lightly. Even if you come out of it okay, it definately changes you.

My experiences were scary enough. I can't even begin to imagine what those who have done it for real, face to face have gone through. Not only at the moment but in the aftermath.