I work in small store and i realized that using a weapon in self defense, you must be prepared at all times! i got caught off guard.
I was on lunch break and i usually lock the door but i had forgot to do that and i was digging in a nice greasy gyro. I usually take my pistol out and lay it on my lap or on the desk when i eat.
I worked by myself that day.
As i was in the middle of my lunch, a black male walks in and looks around, right when i got the funny feeling (it happened in 5 seconds) i cleaned the grease of my hands with a napkin as quickly as i could but by then he already had a gun pointed at my head from about 12 feet or so and was walking to me very fast.
He ordered me not to move. I was trying to reach for my ccw pistol but he made a move with a gun and said no no! keep your hands up and by then he had his pistol to my head and he ordered me to the ground, while i was going to the ground i told him you don't have to shoot me just take whatever and i gave him the cash in my pocket. As i did that, he pistol whipped me and another male walked in with a ski mask right after he did that.
As the guy with the ski mask walked in the store, the door was wide open and i don't know what made me do it but i just stood up pushed the robber out of my way. I thought i got shot in my head because i heard a loud bang and thought yea this is it for me but i ran so fast to nearby businesses with my pistol drawn and i was asking people if i was shot because i was just covered in blood and i didn't realize i had gotten pistol whipped because i must of got dazed from the initial blow of the pistol being slapped across my head i really honestly thought i had been shot it was a scary moment.
When i realized i wasn't shot, i ran back to the shop ready to use my weapon in self defense mode but i realized i had got away alive and just let it be, they were gone anyway.
The people outside nearby businesses were terrified as i ran with my gun in hand they thought i was going to kill them!
This all happened in daylight around 6 o clock PM.
I felt terrible because i am always ready for something like that and its why i carry a pistol but i literally got caught off guard.
My life could of ended and i'm wondering if i made the right choice by not pulling out my own piece, but i had a very bad feeling it could of ended up deadly if i had drawn my weapon as i already had one pointed at me but the moment before he did that i could of pulled mine out but it just all happened way so fast!
The only way i could of used my pistol if i used better judgment and just pulled out my gun anyway by seeing the man walk in like that but it happened in a matter of seconds and i honestly had no idea he was going to rob me.
Very scary moment in my life but still i walked away with huge bumps on my face, my phone, my pistol, my wallet and most importantly my life!
My mother would of killed herself if i had got killed as her mother just passed away two weeks ago.
Today i am glad to be alive.
What and how would you handle a situation like mine? Would you have drawn your gun anyway even with one pointed at your face from about 12 feet away?
I was on lunch break and i usually lock the door but i had forgot to do that and i was digging in a nice greasy gyro. I usually take my pistol out and lay it on my lap or on the desk when i eat.
I worked by myself that day.
As i was in the middle of my lunch, a black male walks in and looks around, right when i got the funny feeling (it happened in 5 seconds) i cleaned the grease of my hands with a napkin as quickly as i could but by then he already had a gun pointed at my head from about 12 feet or so and was walking to me very fast.
He ordered me not to move. I was trying to reach for my ccw pistol but he made a move with a gun and said no no! keep your hands up and by then he had his pistol to my head and he ordered me to the ground, while i was going to the ground i told him you don't have to shoot me just take whatever and i gave him the cash in my pocket. As i did that, he pistol whipped me and another male walked in with a ski mask right after he did that.
As the guy with the ski mask walked in the store, the door was wide open and i don't know what made me do it but i just stood up pushed the robber out of my way. I thought i got shot in my head because i heard a loud bang and thought yea this is it for me but i ran so fast to nearby businesses with my pistol drawn and i was asking people if i was shot because i was just covered in blood and i didn't realize i had gotten pistol whipped because i must of got dazed from the initial blow of the pistol being slapped across my head i really honestly thought i had been shot it was a scary moment.
When i realized i wasn't shot, i ran back to the shop ready to use my weapon in self defense mode but i realized i had got away alive and just let it be, they were gone anyway.
The people outside nearby businesses were terrified as i ran with my gun in hand they thought i was going to kill them!
This all happened in daylight around 6 o clock PM.
I felt terrible because i am always ready for something like that and its why i carry a pistol but i literally got caught off guard.
My life could of ended and i'm wondering if i made the right choice by not pulling out my own piece, but i had a very bad feeling it could of ended up deadly if i had drawn my weapon as i already had one pointed at me but the moment before he did that i could of pulled mine out but it just all happened way so fast!
The only way i could of used my pistol if i used better judgment and just pulled out my gun anyway by seeing the man walk in like that but it happened in a matter of seconds and i honestly had no idea he was going to rob me.
Very scary moment in my life but still i walked away with huge bumps on my face, my phone, my pistol, my wallet and most importantly my life!
My mother would of killed herself if i had got killed as her mother just passed away two weeks ago.
Today i am glad to be alive.
What and how would you handle a situation like mine? Would you have drawn your gun anyway even with one pointed at your face from about 12 feet away?