Originally Posted by Yoda

I presume that you got out of your car, not out of your gun. It sounds like you did nothing wrong. You took a chance. Azzholes are everywhere. There are people who should not carry guns, legal or otherwise. I have carried a gun since I was 21. I shot my first person when I was 21. I shot my last person when I was 21. Same guy. He tried to split my head with a crow bar. I was in uniform. I have protected or saved several people over the years with a gun . I would rather have a gun to defend myself from an azz with a gun than than try to outlaw guns. That would be like outlawing sex to protect against aids. It just won't work.

Yoda

You are right "I got out of my car" and I was just trying to protect an animal, I love dogs just ask my neighbors. (I keep treats in my garage to feed the dogs when they pass by...all the dogs know my house.)

But it did change my prospective...before this incident twice I have stood up to men hitting women in a public place. Both times in a parking lot...now I can't take the chance...because I can't be sure if the guy has a gun. That is a sad thing because often these women can't or won't stand up for themselves.

It seems to me that any man who would throw rocks at a dog or beat up a woman, just might not care if it was legal to carry a gun or not. Gun laws will only affect law abiding citizens.

I am intrigued by the change of events....from being in a position to be held at gun point, then resolved to being able to follow the the person who did so.

Anyway the circumstance has nothing to do with legal gun ownership, by the majority who we would all be thankful they are armed. Guns are not the issue....the people who have them illegally are.
The gun is no more responsible for the violence than the eraser on a pencil is responsible for misspelled words.

btk

Originally Posted by billethkid

I am intrigued by the change of events....from being in a position to be held at gun point, then resolved to being able to follow the the person who did so.

Anyway the circumstance has nothing to do with legal gun ownership, by the majority who we would all be thankful they are armed. Guns are not the issue....the people who have them illegally are.
The gun is no more responsible for the violence than the eraser on a pencil is responsible for misspelled words.

btk

To fill in the blanks...he pulled it when my back was turned heading back to my car. So I got back into my car and waited until he passed by, he still had the gun out. As I followed him, in my car, lucky for me he passed several people and he talked to them...with the gun out. At the police station he tried to say I had attempted to run him over with my car. (I wouldn't have hurt my Beamer) But that claim was refuted by the witnesses.... Then he actually admitted to pulling the gun. No license for the gun and no carry permit = weekend in jail. No bail money either. You also should know this occured in Manitou Springs, CO a sleepy little town of 7,000. We hadn't had a murder in years. This guy was a loner who was afraid of the world and felt he needed to have a gun when he walked around town.

On some of this I can agree...but access to guns can be an issue. Like the shooter at Virgina Tech....he had a history of mental illness no way should he have been able to buy a gun. If a man or women has a history of domestic violence they should NOT have access to a gun. Just look at the number of children killed this year by their father. I think just 2 weeks ago a family of 5 was wiped out.

This would just be common sense.