I was placing an order in drive thru with my seat belt on, window completely down. I had my revolver in my pants pocket. I watched someone through my left side mirror. He was at my left rear bumper and dropped something shiny. As he picked it up I noticed that it looked like a silver credit card size box cutter. Like a sprinter he bolted for the driver window which was completely open. I slammed on the gas. And was hoping that he would not reach my window. The electric car window goes up slowly. So the only way to avoid the situation was putting gas. I must have barely ecsaped his knife. There is a lag in the accelerator. He must have realized when my car continued to acclerate into a turn that I saw him. My tires squealed into the turn. I didn't even have time to turn my head to see the BG. This all happened in my side mirror. When the cops asked for weight and height. I could not tell because things appear different in the side mirror.
Like I said, he must have got really close to slashing my face. I took the only option that I had. Reaching for my gun would have taken too long. I chose not to go hand to knife with my seat belt on.
I recall reading that one should have the gun close at hand while driving. This is also a previous thread. In this situation, I should have had my gun in better position. I am very lucky the guy did not reach the window. If he had, I would have had trouble reaching for my gun. What could have happened, I am sure yall can figure the rest out from here.
This reminds me of something that I read about officer training. That some say that if encountered with a knife, they will pull out their gun. The students were given their gun and a wide latitude of how to handle an interrogation of a suspect with a concealed knife. The students were already informed that there is a knife hidden. During this training experiment, only one % of the students were able to pull his gun out in time to defend himself from serious or fatal injury. 90% of students were critically injured within 5 seconds regardless of their holstered gun.
Like I said, he must have got really close to slashing my face. I took the only option that I had. Reaching for my gun would have taken too long. I chose not to go hand to knife with my seat belt on.
I recall reading that one should have the gun close at hand while driving. This is also a previous thread. In this situation, I should have had my gun in better position. I am very lucky the guy did not reach the window. If he had, I would have had trouble reaching for my gun. What could have happened, I am sure yall can figure the rest out from here.
This reminds me of something that I read about officer training. That some say that if encountered with a knife, they will pull out their gun. The students were given their gun and a wide latitude of how to handle an interrogation of a suspect with a concealed knife. The students were already informed that there is a knife hidden. During this training experiment, only one % of the students were able to pull his gun out in time to defend himself from serious or fatal injury. 90% of students were critically injured within 5 seconds regardless of their holstered gun.
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