swampcrawler
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I (and several family members) live in a nice quiet neighborhood. Predominantly middle class/upper middle class, older folks. Nice and quiet. You know who is and isn't suppose to be around. Unfortunately we are literally surrounded by "low income housing", like truely no good kind of people, on 2 sides.
Anyway the other day my uncle who lives on the other side of the neighborhood called me to go meet him at lowes to haul some construction materials for him. Grabbed my HK45 with it's 10+1 load of 230gr PDXs, hopped in the truck and rolled.
Half way there my uncle calls, having left before me, and asked where I was. Told him 5 minutes away. He told me 3 young unfamiliar males had walked up to a neighbors house and were knocking on the door as he passed. That, I knew, was no bueno. I told him I'd turn around and come check it out, but he told me no need, he had called another armed and trained neighbor and informed him of the sittuation, and told his wife to call the police. So I didn't go. Turns out the police were never called, no one investigated, an the hoods kicked in the door (no one was home) and made of with two handguns.
Obviously the major goof was the police not being called. No idea why my aunt didn't do so.
The thing I'm wondering is, should I have turned around and investigated? It really bothers me that 2 thugs are now armed or better armed and I feel I could have helped prevent it.
On the other hand, I could hav walked into three thugs, at least two of which were armed, with only my truck for cover and 11 rounds of my own.
On the third hand, if I had gone to investigate, and if shots have been fired, It seems that legally, that may not have gone well for me. It would look like I was looking for a fight.
I believe the right course of action would have obviously been to insure the cops had been called. What I'm unsure of is if a civilian response (by myself and/or other neighbors) would have in any way been a good idea?
Anyway the other day my uncle who lives on the other side of the neighborhood called me to go meet him at lowes to haul some construction materials for him. Grabbed my HK45 with it's 10+1 load of 230gr PDXs, hopped in the truck and rolled.
Half way there my uncle calls, having left before me, and asked where I was. Told him 5 minutes away. He told me 3 young unfamiliar males had walked up to a neighbors house and were knocking on the door as he passed. That, I knew, was no bueno. I told him I'd turn around and come check it out, but he told me no need, he had called another armed and trained neighbor and informed him of the sittuation, and told his wife to call the police. So I didn't go. Turns out the police were never called, no one investigated, an the hoods kicked in the door (no one was home) and made of with two handguns.
Obviously the major goof was the police not being called. No idea why my aunt didn't do so.
The thing I'm wondering is, should I have turned around and investigated? It really bothers me that 2 thugs are now armed or better armed and I feel I could have helped prevent it.
On the other hand, I could hav walked into three thugs, at least two of which were armed, with only my truck for cover and 11 rounds of my own.
On the third hand, if I had gone to investigate, and if shots have been fired, It seems that legally, that may not have gone well for me. It would look like I was looking for a fight.
I believe the right course of action would have obviously been to insure the cops had been called. What I'm unsure of is if a civilian response (by myself and/or other neighbors) would have in any way been a good idea?
