Would this work in a dangerous situation?

[BillCA]

Best idea is to give him what he wants and hope he doesn't shoot.

First... Hope is not a strategy.
Second, what if "what he wants" is my life? I may get no warning or too little to make a difference.

Most just want to get their loot and get out of their without any problems or anyone causing any problems.

I tend to agree, but how does one tell whether the subject robbing you is going to just walk away or shoot you? By the nature of his act -- threatening to do serious violence to your body with a gun, knife, beer bottle, etc., he has indicated his willingness to put your life in jeopardy. There is no way to really tell if a thug has decided you are beneath contempt and he can kill you for sport.

I recall one of those on-line videos of a liquor store hold-up where the perp got his money, then a couple of cartons of cigarettes, gathered up his loot and suddenly shot the clerk several times before calmly walking out the door. Cold.

Trying to out-draw someone at gun-point is a measure of last resort. But relying on their charity, kindness or mercy is foolhardy, IMO.

 

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Seen it work and not work in training (not real life - thank you). One hint was to draw when the BG was talking - that distracts them. If they are focused on you, then you probably get shot.

IF you manage to draw, cock, and shoot cleanly.

Cock? Is this the famous unchambered carry question? Or Wyatt Earp?

 

[Creature]

Questions like these crack me up...

 

[.351winchester]

theotherTexasRich- glad you made it out, man. I have to assume the moment it becomes a kidnapping, that is the time to get it on, they want you someplace isolated to dispose of you. I think you would have been right, in your what if replay, to drop a couple in both at the first stopsign out of town, guy to your left first. Why leave it to chance, when to anyone it appears to anyone you were about to be murdered.

I was accosted while unarmed, first offered crack, then these two guys demanded my wallet, returned it at finding it almost empty. Turns out in the end they escorted me to safer streets for a toll of 2 cigarettes, all the while one played mind games to the effect I thought I was sure I'd be killed, and was working out what to do and when. I was counting on a jumping at the least, but nothing I hadn't survived more than once. I was told I was alive because I looked like a cop. That position, without a peice, really somehow dampens your confidence to react. Looking back would have just been a half hearted attempt to not die cowering on my knees. Really bothers me, even though letting it play out it ended well.
When we first crossed paths, the one said 'Bust up, what's poppin''. Just found out what that meant a couple months ago, gave me the chills. This street about 3 months before had 5 murders, (5 shootings-1 wounding, 1 stabbing death) in one week. Dunno why I put myself in that position, having to walk thru the hood vs. risking a DUI or calling a cab. Never do that again.
That experience re-dedicated me to a survival mindset (and not doing stupid stuff that could get me killed).

 

[Heraclid]

Might work. Ya never know. My mother knows someone who had someone draw a gun on her in a parking garage and ask her to get in a car. She didn't miss a beat and said "oh, I can't go, I have an appointment," and simply walked away, just dumbfounding the guy. I'd have never thought that would work if you had asked me, but it did.