1911Tuner
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sid...Bingo.
Just recently, I was in a grocery store after hours on a rare night that I wasn't in bed by 2100. I found myself in a situation that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck as a 3-man team entered the store and fanned out...with one contemplating being the point man in a robbery. At that point, it was too late to start fumbling and trying to formulate a plan. I unholstered my pistol and kept it out of sight behind my leg...and waited. I'd already spotted the Glock under his out of season coat, and had decided that if he pulled it, I'd drop him and hope that his comrades couldn't shoot me before I could get on them.
Heart pounding in my head for what seemed like five minutes, but was actually probably no more than 30 seconds. Time does indeed stand still.
For some unknown reason...maybe he felt my alpha waves and the hair was up on his neck...he stood down and communicated that to the others with hand signals. They left as quickly as they came in. My heart didn't slow down for a half hour. The store's staff all breathed a sigh of relief...and they never saw my pistol.
The thing that stood out was that all the store employees froze like the proverbial deer in the headlights. Nobody made a move toward the silent alarm, despite two people being within 10 feet of it.
Just recently, I was in a grocery store after hours on a rare night that I wasn't in bed by 2100. I found myself in a situation that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck as a 3-man team entered the store and fanned out...with one contemplating being the point man in a robbery. At that point, it was too late to start fumbling and trying to formulate a plan. I unholstered my pistol and kept it out of sight behind my leg...and waited. I'd already spotted the Glock under his out of season coat, and had decided that if he pulled it, I'd drop him and hope that his comrades couldn't shoot me before I could get on them.
Heart pounding in my head for what seemed like five minutes, but was actually probably no more than 30 seconds. Time does indeed stand still.
For some unknown reason...maybe he felt my alpha waves and the hair was up on his neck...he stood down and communicated that to the others with hand signals. They left as quickly as they came in. My heart didn't slow down for a half hour. The store's staff all breathed a sigh of relief...and they never saw my pistol.
The thing that stood out was that all the store employees froze like the proverbial deer in the headlights. Nobody made a move toward the silent alarm, despite two people being within 10 feet of it.
