Adrenaline takes over, seconds go by like hours, senses are super sharp, make sure your properly equipped to fight. Nothing glorious about it. And never wish for it

last week when it was storming. My BIL (co-worker) and I,had just left work, i was pulling up to the highway to turn on. A black dude jumped in front of my truck right before the stop sign, when i stopped he walked over to the passenger window i had just let down a few inches. I figured there must be something wrong for him to be out in this rain with the lightning popping like it was. Anyways he asks for a ride down the road. I looked in the back seat and said it was full, rifle and shotgun in case, hunting boots and jacket. When i looked back at him he was walking to the back door, I went to lock door but he had already opened it. He jumps in. So i say what the hell its on my way home and only a few miles down the road, I already had gun in my hand. We get a mile down the road and this joker starts moving around a bunch, grunting and growling. I'm getting a little nervous at this point. We get to level plains and he asks can i take him to enterprise. So i keep driving, the grunting and growling continue and i ask if he's alright, he don't even answer me. I'm real nervous at this point, I can see him in the rearview, so i'm watching every move thinking I'm fixing to have to burn through this dude any second. I look back again and this dude has his hands together and is praying (hands shaking). We get to enterprise and he wants to go to up the hill towards walmart, I tell him" this is the best i can do for ya" I pull up to the store and this fella gets out and runs toward the store high stepping like he's running through tall weeds. I think there might of been some mental illness combined with chemical problems with this guy, Its a damn shame you can't help folks for risk of finding crazy.

Yea, a lot of online straight killers on here. Everybody thinks they know what they would do, but they don't know chit until it happens.

but No amount of training can prepare you for the first time.

I bought a Sig 365 in 9mm last year for personal protection. My problem is training. I'm very comfortable with long guns being raised hunting and such. But a handgun? I just feel so unsure of myself. My stepson is a LEO and he has been working with me and getting me more comfortable and my accuracy is improving greatly. I'm still uneasy about CC just because I'm always aware of it on my person. I've thought about taking a course on self protection. The kind that teaches proper technique, cues to look for when some chit might go down, situational awareness, ect.

I've watched several of those YouTube videos about bad guys taking "the room temperature challenge" and that has really opened my eyes on how fast things can go south and that you better be prepared in your home, vehicle, in a parking lot, or under a shelter in a park trying to enjoy a smoke! I just want to get to the point that I'm super confident and comfortable with it. Not trying to hijack the thread but if any of you have been in my position, any advice y'all want to give, I'll gladly accept!

Dr. B

Sounds like he had one touching cotton. Did he go straight to the crapper ?

Kind of in same situation Doc; I went to school with one of the instructors at this organization. Been thinking about enrolling in a course:

https://www.caftllc.com/blank?fbclid=IwAR2qXrgCdtAz_2AD87pFMYIl9ENDSlb8y4sBi8rb0zqF6JiemfvkJUStDSI

Thanks man. I plan on looking into this. Where is the training facility?

Dr. B

This

7 years a go right after I retired I decided I needed a real handgun for personal defense. I wound up buying a Springfield XDM 40cal. About 6 months later September rolled around and I decided to go Teal hunting. So at 3:30 in the morning I am on the Mobile causeway cutting me a bundle of cane under Ed's Seafood parking lot lights. After Finishing cutting my cane and laying it in my boat, I proceeded west to the launch at Choccolata about 1/2 mile away. I drove slowly because I hadn't tied the cane in the boat and I didn't want it to blow out. mI had my Tundra lights on bright and saw no one on my way to launch. I pulled in the east entrance to parking area and proceeded the 100 yards or so down to the launch. No one, not even another vehicle was in the parking lot, 4:00am. As I approached the ramp I swung out toward road then backed boat up to waters edge. I the got out leaving drivers door open, I opened the back door took my cased shotgun and shell bag and walked back to boat placing them in boat. I then unlatched winch strap and hooked bow line on winch. I walked back to truck got in and backed boat into water. I then got back out leaving drivers door open and walked back to secure bow line to pier while I parked truck. About the time I reached the bac of truck I heard something and looked up and there were 5 young black men approaching me at a fast walk. I immediately knew I was in a bad situation. It was strange my mind started racing, everything went quiet. I glanced at my shotgun but knew there was no way to get it with boat floating 30' away on bowline. they were saying threatening things and making threatening jestures but my world was silent. my mind was racing. then It hit me my pistol was about 4 steps away on the truck console. The brothers by now had split 2 heading to the back of the truck and 2 toward the front of the truck with what appeared to be the leader coming straight to me. I stepped to the open truck door grabbed the pistol and turned around. he was maybe 8 feet from me as I did. When I came around and his eyes locked on that barrel that close to him his right hand came out of his pocket and his left of his nuts and up in the air they went. The first thing I had heard in 20 seconds or so was a very audible whoa! I really don't know how I keep my composure but I looked him straight in the eye and quote told them I recommended they take their ass on down the road. Thankfully the ones at the back of the truck made a wide swing around toward the front of the truck including the one in front of me and they begrudgingly walked on down the road. I am very thanful it turned out like it did but at the time it was happening if they had pushed it I would have done my best to kill everyone of them. I dialed 911 and the police picked them up as 2 of them were rummaging around behind Laps Restaurant. Nothing ever came of it though. Lesson I learned is always be vigilant of your surroundings. I am actually glad it never had to go to court because I couldn't swear to anything they said [my world went silent] but there was no mistaking they were threatening me. Rob me, beat me, kill me, I will never know and really glad I didn't find out!

You seem to forget there is a lot of Ex-military and LEO's here.

as an ex-LEO I agree with the "don't really know what you will do " train of thought. I was involved in two situations where bad guys shot at me or at another officer, both times I would of been justified in shooting either bad guy....and both times I butt stroked the bad guys jaw with an 870 stock. Broke both of em jaws and knocked em out. End of fight. Hadn't planned on doing that but it seemed the quickest/best plan at that second.