The Intimidation Factor Of a various hand guns...

I've had a pile of guns pointed at me, but the scariest one was a single-action .22 revolver with an 8"-10" barrel and all the finish rusted off.

Why?

Because it was being held by some shakey unhealthy-looking kid with the hammer cocked back and it was pressed into my midsection at the time. The way the kid looked, I probably would have been more intimidated if he was holding a used needle, but that .22 was no joke.

I didn't soil myself or scream for jesus, but I gave him my wallet very quickly and with zero conversation.

The older guys who have robbed me have been more professional about the situation and, as a result, were much less scary, even though their guns were bigger. That kid was a wild card, anything could have happened. Not fun.
 
The Intimidation Factor Of a various hand guns...

Any gun pointed at your face looks as big as a sewer pipe. There are other opinions. They are wrong. If you disagree you are wrong. Done. BTDT on both ends of the gun.
 
OldBill - I used to work with some fellows that had been in more fights, had been cut more times and been shot more times than you average hollywood hero. There were very few week ends that my father didn't have to go get one of them out of jail. I gre up on a farm and this was the good old days when the sherrif would put them in jail at night and then call their boss man the next morning to come bail them out. Sounds like the old time South and it was. But talking to these fellows they always said don't worry about the brave man. You can run from him. The scared man is dangerous and you never know when he is going to shoot. If he is shaking get out of the way or do you best to do what ever he says. I could tell lots of stories about them but most on here wouldn't believe them but I learned a lot about self protection from them. The biggest was that there is no shame in running when someone pulls a knife or gun. You can die a brave man's death but you are still dead.
 
I had another response all typed here, and I jumped out before I printed it.

I believe that all of us have a darker aspect of our personalities, and as such, the idea and use of 'intimidation' should not be one of the the tools we use as defense.

As I have said, we're the good guys. We protect life and the people in our care. In all cases, the best battles are those not fought at all.

But as I wrote my response, I put myself into the situation where I would use actual intimidation to anchor my point to an aggressor. And as I typed, I saw the exact implement I would use, already there, already prepared, already within my grasp.

And I felt embarrassed. I knew that under some situations, perhaps a bit too much asthma medication and during a very bad day, the idea of intimidation had a very nice ring.

If a shot has to be fired, then we much present ourselves as quick, clear of ego and bravado.

I do not think intimidation should be part of our lexicon.
 
At the end of the day, if gun to gun, or hell even knife to gun, you're main focus is on comming out alive.

I don't really feel it's too much as the kind of gun being used..but the person behind the gun..

Take grandma for example. She's packin around her oxygen tank. She pulls a gun on you..now in my mind, I'm going to think ok this old hag has gone nuts, and has nothing to live for..then honestly I'd probably start laughing and find it soooo attractive that this old chick is packin a gun.. ..ok so a better example,

so a gang banger, decked in RED, clearly marked a gang member, holding a gun sideways in my face, or has that Trick-Daddy look on his face like "man you best back up and stop talkin about my momma" look..as apposed to a business man who clearly has let his stress take control of him, and he's confused and unknown on what to do..judgmental, yes, but I think the whole thing about it is, who are you going to be more scared of, and know your risk of getting shot by whichever person, is going to be much higher, so whats your quick, plan of action?

A gun is a gun. Bullets come out of it..it's the one who's pulling the trigger which gets you thinking..
 
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