This little incident caused me to get serious about owning a gun. Happend about 2 months ago and since then I have been playing the situation over in my head and learning a lot about guns.
My wife was leaving the dentist office with both of our kids. When she stepped out she saw a man with a red bandana mask run inside the drug store next door. His car was parked right in front of the door. She wasn't sure what she had seen because it had happened really quickly. She went back into the dentist. They called the police and the pharmacist of the store. For some reason my wife was standing outside to see what was going on. The dentist said she should go ahead and leave and not hang out in case the guy comes out. So on the way to the car, with the kids, the guys comes out and he has a rifle. My wife is scrambling to get the kids in the car but totally exposed.
Thank God the guy didn't do any harm but certainly he could have. We found out later that he had robbed the place and held a pregnant woman at gunpoint to do it.
So my questions are this. What would you have done had you been in my wifes situation and armed with your carry or had time to go to your vehicle to get something larger? If you heard shots inside the drug store would it change your action? Also, do you believe it is right (legally or not) for a community to defend itself against thugs even to the point of stopping with force? Or should we just leave crimes alone and let the police handle it?
My wife was leaving the dentist office with both of our kids. When she stepped out she saw a man with a red bandana mask run inside the drug store next door. His car was parked right in front of the door. She wasn't sure what she had seen because it had happened really quickly. She went back into the dentist. They called the police and the pharmacist of the store. For some reason my wife was standing outside to see what was going on. The dentist said she should go ahead and leave and not hang out in case the guy comes out. So on the way to the car, with the kids, the guys comes out and he has a rifle. My wife is scrambling to get the kids in the car but totally exposed.
Thank God the guy didn't do any harm but certainly he could have. We found out later that he had robbed the place and held a pregnant woman at gunpoint to do it.
So my questions are this. What would you have done had you been in my wifes situation and armed with your carry or had time to go to your vehicle to get something larger? If you heard shots inside the drug store would it change your action? Also, do you believe it is right (legally or not) for a community to defend itself against thugs even to the point of stopping with force? Or should we just leave crimes alone and let the police handle it?
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