The fiance' and I went to the local gun show yesterday to trade a gun. It is well known at this show that there are no loaded weapons allowed inside including CCW firearms. If you are trading a firearm or selling it it must go through the door in a case and it must be safety checked prior to entry. With this prior knowledge we decided to only carry one firearm to the show and lock it in the vehicle (to limit the amount of possible theft from the vehicle).
We got exactly what we wanted at the show and traded the firearm we came with for a Glock 26 Gen 4. This resulted in a very short walk from the show to our car where my ccw was locked up. We were walking from the show to our car when we were approached. The man approaching us was instantly familiar to me because he had been walking out of the show when we were walking in and his appearance was uncommon with the rest of the enthusiasts and sportsman in the group. He raised the hairs on my neck the first time I saw him and the second time was no different.
He yelled from his truck "hey you got a new Glock don't ya" and then proceed to jump out and start moving briskly in our direction. I sternly said in what would be referred to as a command voice "That is far enough we are all set!" While yelling that I placed my right hand up making the universal stop sign with my flat palm. With my left hand I reached to where my ccw would be and realized I was uncharacteristically unarmed. I was not planning to draw simply index my firearm. He was on my right side and would not have seen my firearm. At this point he proceded to move in our direction and said which "one did ya get?" I replied with "Back UP!" and indexed my knife which was in my left pocket and stepped in front of my fiance' telling her to move to the car fast. At this time I saw his demeanor change and he looked frightened. At this point I realized he had seen my fiance' with her mace. She keeps it on her key chain and always has her keys in her hand while walking to her car.
He did not like what he saw while we were moving briskly to our car he was in his truck and out of the area.
All in all this went fantastically. We were both without a loaded firearm which is rare. We both went for our secondary weapons and both worked together to get to safety quickly. I am proud of her for her handling of the situation and proud of myself as well. I just wanted to share as this might help someone and someone here might point something out to me that I could do better if there is a next time.
Regards, Vermonter
We got exactly what we wanted at the show and traded the firearm we came with for a Glock 26 Gen 4. This resulted in a very short walk from the show to our car where my ccw was locked up. We were walking from the show to our car when we were approached. The man approaching us was instantly familiar to me because he had been walking out of the show when we were walking in and his appearance was uncommon with the rest of the enthusiasts and sportsman in the group. He raised the hairs on my neck the first time I saw him and the second time was no different.
He yelled from his truck "hey you got a new Glock don't ya" and then proceed to jump out and start moving briskly in our direction. I sternly said in what would be referred to as a command voice "That is far enough we are all set!" While yelling that I placed my right hand up making the universal stop sign with my flat palm. With my left hand I reached to where my ccw would be and realized I was uncharacteristically unarmed. I was not planning to draw simply index my firearm. He was on my right side and would not have seen my firearm. At this point he proceded to move in our direction and said which "one did ya get?" I replied with "Back UP!" and indexed my knife which was in my left pocket and stepped in front of my fiance' telling her to move to the car fast. At this time I saw his demeanor change and he looked frightened. At this point I realized he had seen my fiance' with her mace. She keeps it on her key chain and always has her keys in her hand while walking to her car.
He did not like what he saw while we were moving briskly to our car he was in his truck and out of the area.
All in all this went fantastically. We were both without a loaded firearm which is rare. We both went for our secondary weapons and both worked together to get to safety quickly. I am proud of her for her handling of the situation and proud of myself as well. I just wanted to share as this might help someone and someone here might point something out to me that I could do better if there is a next time.
Regards, Vermonter