You're at a house and some dingus puts a gun to their head

[rocky branch]

I've travelled some low roads in my 62 years, but never seen anything that dumb.

I have no reason or responsibility to educate him on anything.
I will un-ass the area.
Every man for himself.
In my youth, as a SF combat vet NCO, i would have ripped his arm off and stuck it where the sun don't shine. Simply for creating a dangerous situation for innocent bystanders. Not today-too old and too slow.

A few years ago some genius thought he could jump and disarm a bank robber.
Got kilt for his trouble.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I don't hang out at houses where people act like that with guns.

 

[NMGonzo]

I'd just say nothing, get in the car, and drive away.

 

[Robert]

Same thing I did in high school when my best friend tried to kill himself right in front of me. Jam my hand between the hammer and the firing pin. I still have the scar on the webbing between my left thumb and fore finger. I took it away from him and called my dad to come over.

 

[danprkr]

What an idiot, he wins the Darwin award for natural selection.

Ditto

 

[9mmepiphany]

i've been in a room when this has happened. he wasn't a moron, he was just depressed over a breakup with a girlfriend...that's why a couple of us were over there.

there is an option (C)

i told him that if he really want to shoot himself, that he needed to wait a moment so that i could get out of the line of spray from his brain matter and i wanted to put down my coffee so i could plug my ears.

he was just wanting attention and he discovered he wasn't going to get it from us

 

[hso]

C - Get up and walk out and never go back.

 

[thorazine]

If the firearm is of reasonable value or quality...


Locate some paper and a pen,

Draft a note:

In the event of my death (state name of dumbass) I hereby transfer ownership of (...) to (...) etc .. etc ..

-and-

Have a few witnesses sign off on the make shift form.

Date.
Other info..
..etc..

 

[wilkersk]

1) Don't do stupid things.
2) Don't go to stupid parts of town
3) Don't hang around stupid people.

I think this falls into rule 3.
...{snip}

I've actually read something from one of the "self-defense" gurus (can't remember who) that basically said the same thing.

He said something like, "self-defense is 95% avoiding stupid people and/or going to stupid places." Whats interestesting was that this was in response to someone's question about how likely it was to ever need to use deadly force to defend yourself.

I had an older cousin who was accidentally killed while trying to teach his young wife how to handle a shotgun. This happened when I was 9. It made a big impression. All the kids in our family learned gun safety at a young age.

 

[V1ROT8]

The last thing anyone would hear from me is "goodbye" and I would never ever be with them again...ever.

 

[clamman]

Well it wasn't in a house, it was out in the deer woods. My cousin (when we were teens) thought it would be funny to point his rifle at me. I told him to not point it at me. When he put it down I walked over and beat the **** out of him. He don't point guns anymore.

 

[robert garner]

Been there(similar situation),done that(intervened)I have a rather odd sense of humor and am chuckling as I remember this.
Young man aimed a rifle at his wife as I realized what he was doing my arm automatically raised to deflect his rifle upwards,after some choice words, and to prove his rifle was unloaded, he placed the muzzle on the toe of his boot and fired.
Immediate silence...he removed the muzzle and there is a smoking hole in his boot, he moved his foot to reveal a smoking hole in the dirt...he dropped the rifle and pulled his boot off to reveal a still smoking hole in his right big toe "You gotta take me to a hospital!"
"Bulls-it"
"I can't drive, you gotta"
"Freakin' walk"
Next AM
Knock Knock Knock
Morning Deputy,you want some coffee?
"No this is Official"
"Bout Mark shooting his toe?"
"uh Yes; You wanta tell me what happened?'
I did
"Yeah thats the story I got, thank you"
robert

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

What an idiot, he wins the Darwin award for natural selection.

Who am I to interfere with natural selection? I stick my fingers in my ears, back out of the room slowly, and don't stop to say "good buy".

If I'm not the only one in the room with the Darwinian dolt, I'll stop outside the room and take a bead on him in case he turns his idiocy toward someone else. Maybe. It all depends. By then I may have to use the bathroom.

After getting out of there, I reassess my friend-picking modus operandi.

Woody

 

[Zach S]

I'd bring up an old buddy from school. He was just goofing off with an unloaded gun too.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Maybe the parents should have taught this dip**** the proper handling of firearm's, that they are not toy's, take him to the range, teach him safety. The kid was an uneducated moron and that's what happens when moron's handle and play with guns.

Secondly, what good is a gun for home defense when its locked up, seperate from the ammo? Seems pointless to me. This problem could be greatly diminished through proper education, instead of making home defense guns worthless being locked up seperate from the ammo.

 

[duns]

B. But I would probably start by saying "Put the gun down NOW as there might be a round in the chamber." Then I would give him a seminar on the four rules.

 

[jakemccoy]

My response would depend on the circumstances, there is not one right answer. However, I'm pretty sure A is the wrong response in almost every circumstance. Note that the guy is an idiot holding a gun to his head, presumably with his finger on the trigger. Guys like that are usually erratic and spastic. Be careful. While you're leaping at the person to move the gun, the guy has plenty of time to freak out, twitch and pull the trigger. Could you live with yourself knowing that you, with your good intentions, were a link in the chain of causation for the guy's death? I couldn't.

 

[rocky branch]

Anybody who never spent any quality time around stupid people in stupid places has missed a lot.
I would never consider a bit of advice that came out of his mouth.

 

[texas bulldog]

i have never seen anyone do that, nor do i know of anyone who has. i exclude people like that from my social circle. if i were to witness such an act, i would depart post-haste. who knows where someone like that might point the gun next.

 

[zignal_zero]

add a vote for "LEAVE" guns and recklessness are a bad combination and guns (by their very nature) are dangerous to people even at a distance. i believe the smartest thing to do would be to slip out as un-noticeable as possible to avoid becoming his focus.

or you could just draw your weapon, acquire a good sight picture center mass and shout "DROP THE GUN MF'R"

 

[The Bushmaster]

zignal zero...Is that something like "signal zero" in the Navy?

 

[zignal_zero]

zignal zero...Is that something like "signal zero" in the Navy?

"Signal Zero" was already taken when i set up my yahoo email address. so, i used Zignal instead and it's just kinda stuck.

never been in the Navy, so i don't know if it means the same thing, but YES it's LEO code. just like our clan on Call of Duty Modern Warfare is called "Sig5"

 

[The Bushmaster]

"Signal Zero" in the Navy is to go silent as in completely shut down all power aboard a ship. I was stationed on a torpedo test firing craft and we would go to "signal Zero" to insure acoustic torpedos that we fired didn't return to us...Just curious. Thanks...

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I don't make a habit of becoming friends with dumba$$ people like that.

 

[Art Eatman]

I'm with hso. I'd leave, without comment. I'd have two thoughts: "Ron White is correct," and, "Evolution works."