This is not the General Gun Discussions forum. This is the Strategies and Tactics Forum. The rules are different here. If you can't resist posting a comment about the victim needing a gun, don't read any further. There won't be any more thread hijacks here. Off topic posts will not only be deleted, but in addition the offender will get 7 days off to think about it. Things are going to tighten up here in S&T. It starts with this thread.
Non permissive environments are a fact of life. No matter how much we may complain about unfair that is or how it violates your second amendment rights, they exist and it's important that we discuss how to be safe in them. The incident we are about to discuss happened in Illinois. In Illinois the entire state is a non permissive environment.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ne...3D90E1A3DB91F9D3862574B100650EA4?OpenDocument
There is no doubt the victim was lucky. But apparently she charged into the near ambush and was rewarded for her courage.
What other tactics, techniques and procedures can be used to win the day in a similar situation?
Jeff
Non permissive environments are a fact of life. No matter how much we may complain about unfair that is or how it violates your second amendment rights, they exist and it's important that we discuss how to be safe in them. The incident we are about to discuss happened in Illinois. In Illinois the entire state is a non permissive environment.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ne...3D90E1A3DB91F9D3862574B100650EA4?OpenDocument
Woman fights off would-be car thief at St. Clair Square
By Angie Leventis
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
08/26/2008
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - Police say a young mom fended off an armed attacker who approached her and her young children in the St. Clair Square Mall parking lot Friday night.
The 29-year-old female victim parked her car in the Sears parking lot at the mall, and was about to get her two small children out when the suspects pulled up alongside her in a gray Pontiac Grand Prix. A woman got out of the Grand Prix, pointed a handgun at the mom and demanded her car keys. The victim resisted and a scuffle ensued.
Then the attacker got back in her car - which was driven by a man - and they fled.
The victim suffered minor injuries but did not need medical treatment; the children were in the car the entire time and were not assaulted.
Police say the suspect's vehicle might have stolen earlier on Friday from St. Charles.
Police are still investigating the case.
There is no doubt the victim was lucky. But apparently she charged into the near ambush and was rewarded for her courage.
What other tactics, techniques and procedures can be used to win the day in a similar situation?
Jeff