bdickens
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For all of you who stash guns all over, thinking you'll be able to get to one, as well as you "but I live in a good neighborhood " types:
https://americanhandgunner.com/our-experts/with-a-gun-to-your-head-the-larry-goldstein-incident/
"May 15, 2015. In a suburb of Jackson, Miss., Larry Goldstein, MD, is in his open garage, loading his pickup truck. A successful gynecologist, his sleepless years in residency and dedication to his long-standing practice have rewarded him with a large, expensive home. Unfortunately, criminals are drawn to signs of money.
"His personal sport for the last five years has been competitive shooting. He is on his way to a USPSA match. He has just put his gear bag in the back seat of the quad cab. In it are two CZ Shadow 9mm pistols, several magazines of 9mm, and enough ammo for the whole match. He hears a noise sounding like a squirrel on the eaves, and suddenly he is confronted by two strange men wearing bandannas over their faces.
"The nearest, a broad-chested guy about 5′ 10″, shoves a long barreled stainless-steel revolver in his face. Larry makes it for a .357 Magnum. He can see the noses of the live cartridges in the front of the cylinder. The man snarls, 'You know what this is?' Larry replies as calmly as he can, 'It’s a gun.' Predictably, the next words from the man are, 'We want your money'...."
Mr. Goldstein (and his wife) are extremely lucky. Lucky he kept his head and lucky the two thugs' attention slipped long enough for him to finally act.
If he had a gun on his person, Mr. Goldstein would still have had to wait his turn, of course. But in his predicament, both thugs had to let their guard down twice. Once so he could retrieve one of the guns stashed in his vehicle and conceal it under his leg as he drove, and a second time so he could bring it to bear.
Read. Think. Hopefully, at least a few of you will learn from this.
https://americanhandgunner.com/our-experts/with-a-gun-to-your-head-the-larry-goldstein-incident/
"May 15, 2015. In a suburb of Jackson, Miss., Larry Goldstein, MD, is in his open garage, loading his pickup truck. A successful gynecologist, his sleepless years in residency and dedication to his long-standing practice have rewarded him with a large, expensive home. Unfortunately, criminals are drawn to signs of money.
"His personal sport for the last five years has been competitive shooting. He is on his way to a USPSA match. He has just put his gear bag in the back seat of the quad cab. In it are two CZ Shadow 9mm pistols, several magazines of 9mm, and enough ammo for the whole match. He hears a noise sounding like a squirrel on the eaves, and suddenly he is confronted by two strange men wearing bandannas over their faces.
"The nearest, a broad-chested guy about 5′ 10″, shoves a long barreled stainless-steel revolver in his face. Larry makes it for a .357 Magnum. He can see the noses of the live cartridges in the front of the cylinder. The man snarls, 'You know what this is?' Larry replies as calmly as he can, 'It’s a gun.' Predictably, the next words from the man are, 'We want your money'...."
Mr. Goldstein (and his wife) are extremely lucky. Lucky he kept his head and lucky the two thugs' attention slipped long enough for him to finally act.
If he had a gun on his person, Mr. Goldstein would still have had to wait his turn, of course. But in his predicament, both thugs had to let their guard down twice. Once so he could retrieve one of the guns stashed in his vehicle and conceal it under his leg as he drove, and a second time so he could bring it to bear.
Read. Think. Hopefully, at least a few of you will learn from this.
