kd7nqb
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Here is a situation I dealt with yesterday, it turned out to be completely nothing but I think its always a good idea to look at situations and say "what would I do if "X" happened"
Yesterday after school I took my truck through the car wash, its one of these completely automated deals no car wash staff just an automated machine that you pull up to swipe your credit card and select what you want.
There were a few cars in front of me but I decided that it was worth the wait, so I left my window mostly down although not all the way since I was basically next in line for at least the credit card machine part. I had my wallet in my right hand and was listening to the radio, in all honesty I was pretty much condition white at this point.
I happen to glance to my driver side mirror and notice a man walking up very close to my car along the left side, he was close enough to my car that it almost looked like he was trying to hug tight into my blind spot. At this point I rolled my window up and double checked that my doors were locked, just in case.
He then approached my window and turned so he was facing my driver side window, he motioned for me to roll it down, which I did not. He kept standing there and I just shook my head he again stood there for oh maybe another 30-45seconds before he finally moved on, I watched him move behind my car and it looked like he was doing a similar thing to the car behind me however that driver didn't seem to pay any attention to him either.
So this time I got lucky and nothing happened, but looking at the situation it could have gone down differently had the man been more aggressive, started trying door locks or god forbid had been armed I could have been in a different situation. My question is at what point in a situation do you slide your hand back and at least put your hand on your gun not as a deterrent but as a "ready" position.
One thing that I thought about is although I was carrying my M&P on my hip it was under my t-shirt and I had a jacket on also my seat belt was buckled which would definitely slow down a draw. Also my escape and evade options were limited because I had vehicles both in front and behind me as well as objects on both sides essentially blocking me in.
So what did I do right and what could I have done better?
Yesterday after school I took my truck through the car wash, its one of these completely automated deals no car wash staff just an automated machine that you pull up to swipe your credit card and select what you want.
There were a few cars in front of me but I decided that it was worth the wait, so I left my window mostly down although not all the way since I was basically next in line for at least the credit card machine part. I had my wallet in my right hand and was listening to the radio, in all honesty I was pretty much condition white at this point.
I happen to glance to my driver side mirror and notice a man walking up very close to my car along the left side, he was close enough to my car that it almost looked like he was trying to hug tight into my blind spot. At this point I rolled my window up and double checked that my doors were locked, just in case.
He then approached my window and turned so he was facing my driver side window, he motioned for me to roll it down, which I did not. He kept standing there and I just shook my head he again stood there for oh maybe another 30-45seconds before he finally moved on, I watched him move behind my car and it looked like he was doing a similar thing to the car behind me however that driver didn't seem to pay any attention to him either.
So this time I got lucky and nothing happened, but looking at the situation it could have gone down differently had the man been more aggressive, started trying door locks or god forbid had been armed I could have been in a different situation. My question is at what point in a situation do you slide your hand back and at least put your hand on your gun not as a deterrent but as a "ready" position.
One thing that I thought about is although I was carrying my M&P on my hip it was under my t-shirt and I had a jacket on also my seat belt was buckled which would definitely slow down a draw. Also my escape and evade options were limited because I had vehicles both in front and behind me as well as objects on both sides essentially blocking me in.
So what did I do right and what could I have done better?