How would you react if someone pulled a gun on you...

[Ctrackstar126]

I would wait for the shots and right before yell
"Matrix b^tches" and hope for the best.

but that would probaly lead to no more posts by me but it would make for a funny headline if someone witnessed it.

Be put in hall of fame for best last words

 

[JASANITY]

I'd do what Chuck Norris taught me. Give them a stone cold stare and see them crumble just before a roundhouse kick to the face!

 

[wetcat007]

Call Jack Baur, he'll show them.

 

[WookE]

Aaaaaauuuuuggggghhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

after screaming I would ask if anyone had seen starwars and invite them to my book club.

 

[honkee]

Happened about 4 times for me.
All 4 times i got robbed, gave in willingly all 4 times.
You feel shaken at first and then count your blessings later.

 

[canadianpsycho]

I had 3 guys in ski masks point a rifle at my head and a revolver at my balls. It was pretty dark and I was closing up a Beer Store. Stupid Manager never told me how to turn off the alarm, only how to arm it.

I had to tell 3 armed robbers they couldn't get back in the store... Needless to say they weren't pleased. I basically acted rationally, reminding them constantly that I'd like to live and I'd be more then eager to do anything to make them not shoot me. They threw me to the ground, took what I had on me, locked me in the trunk of my car and threatened me that they "know where I live". I guess they didn't want to kill me at all, since they came back 20-30 seconds later to unlock the trunk - I guess they were worried I'd suffocate or something.

I don't really think about it much. I was pretty scared but I tried to stay calm. I guess you could get all philosophical about it and dwell on the whole "what if" factor. I don't even think I lost sleep over the whole thing.

Needless to say I won't work retail ever again.

 

[LiquidImpulse]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Probably tell them to stay calm and that they don't want to do anything rash as I give into their demands.

Yeah, giving patronizing suggestions really is the safest thing you can do in that situation...

:laugh:

 

[thebigdude]

Thankfully Thankfully Thankfully the situation has never come up. Where I live people don't even chain the grills on their porches or lock their cars at night.

I'm a pretty big guy and have a bit of a temper so I would probably do something very stupid. I know I would do something stupid if it was just one guy and someone else was with me I thought I had to protect.

 

[exdeath]

I would shoot first because I can.

Before anyone comes up with the situation of having the gun in your face already and not being able to draw, I?ll just say get off the cel phone and pay attention. If it?s gotten that far then you?ve already messed up. It has to do with always being aware, aware of your surroundings, aware of groups of people that may be up to no good, aware of safe walking routes near places of cover, etc.

Especially at night getting off a bus, come on be people?

Projecting a sense of confidence, preparedness, and the ability to cause bodily harm to an attacker also helps. People who look ready to be jumped are usually not the first to be attacked.

I can double tap 3 targets, center of mass, at 15 yards in less than 2 seconds with my HK .40 so multiple attackers with possible multiple weapons aren?t an issue for me unless it?s a well planned and coordinated attack with entrenched shooters, drivers, etc. but for something this elaborate to happen you had to have been messing around with the wrong people to begin with and probably deserve what you get.

I open carry in a fobus paddle holster so I have two advantages already: 1) the view of the weapon alone probably deters 99% of attackers, and 2) I have quick easy access to the weapon, no clothing to snag, no snaps to undo, etc.

 

[gilligans]

getting rob at gunpoint is no fun. I had 2 girls with me and all i could think about is for their safety. i was afraid these gangbangers would try to take them, forcing me to act. thank God, that we only got robbed. the girls i was with starting handing them everything, but i just kept saying taking anything you want and didnt give them crap. they didnt up with purses, belts & jewerly, but they didnt take anything from me cuz i didnt give them anything =)

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: exdeath
I would shoot first because I can.

Before anyone comes up with the situation of having the gun in your face already and not being able to draw, I?ll just say get off the cel phone and pay attention. If it?s gotten that far then you?ve already messed up. It has to do with always being aware, aware of your surroundings, aware of groups of people that may be up to no good, aware of safe walking routes near places of cover, etc.

Especially at night getting off a bus, come on be people?

Projecting a sense of confidence, preparedness, and the ability to cause bodily harm to an attacker also helps. People who look ready to be jumped are usually not the first to be attacked.

I can double tap 3 targets, center of mass, at 15 yards in less than 2 seconds with my HK .40 so multiple attackers with possible multiple weapons aren?t an issue for me unless it?s a well planned and coordinated attack with entrenched shooters, drivers, etc. but for something this elaborate to happen you had to have been messing around with the wrong people to begin with and probably deserve what you get.

I open carry in a fobus paddle holster so I have two advantages already: 1) the view of the weapon alone probably deters 99% of attackers, and 2) I have quick easy access to the weapon, no clothing to snag, no snaps to undo, etc.

i find that highly unlikely. i might believe 1 target, but not 3.

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: exdeath
I would shoot first because I can.

Before anyone comes up with the situation of having the gun in your face already and not being able to draw, I?ll just say get off the cel phone and pay attention. If it?s gotten that far then you?ve already messed up. It has to do with always being aware, aware of your surroundings, aware of groups of people that may be up to no good, aware of safe walking routes near places of cover, etc.

Especially at night getting off a bus, come on be people?

Projecting a sense of confidence, preparedness, and the ability to cause bodily harm to an attacker also helps. People who look ready to be jumped are usually not the first to be attacked.

I can double tap 3 targets, center of mass, at 15 yards in less than 2 seconds with my HK .40 so multiple attackers with possible multiple weapons aren?t an issue for me unless it?s a well planned and coordinated attack with entrenched shooters, drivers, etc. but for something this elaborate to happen you had to have been messing around with the wrong people to begin with and probably deserve what you get.

I open carry in a fobus paddle holster so I have two advantages already: 1) the view of the weapon alone probably deters 99% of attackers, and 2) I have quick easy access to the weapon, no clothing to snag, no snaps to undo, etc.

i find that highly unlikely. i might believe 1 target, but not 3.

It's likely. Ask the people that do it with revolvers! :Q

Defensive shooting is not about accuracy and putting rounds through the same hole. With TQ-15 shilouette targets spaced about 1 foot apart (2 feet from COM to COM) at a distance of 15 yards...the inner most square being plenty large. The limiting factor for me is that the forward travel to reset the trigger in USP is quite long. With a 1911 I could prob go even faster. Recoil is not an issue for me, the USP .40 in my large hands is as tame as a .380.

 

[liluqt]

This happened to me when I was in 7th grade. My parents owned a restaurant and it was a slow summer day when I was the only one outside by the counter and a guy pulled a gun out on me after putting in a fake order. I told him I didn't have the key to the cash register (which I didn't) and had to go inside the kitchen to get it.

I walked backwards into the kitchen and my dad was onthe floor cleaning the fryer. I said in Chinese to him that a dude outside had a gun. He then proceeded to tell my mom who was coming out of the kitchen bathroom who freaked out, ran to the phone, dialed 911 and the creep outside saw her, tried to break in past the counter, but couldn't because I had locked it (thank god) and opted to fire 6 shots into the kitchen instead. Luckily, he missed my mom and by then I had ran into the back stock room to wake my brother up who was fast asleep.

I was actually pretty calm. The creeps in jail now because he actually wounded some other folks in other robberies.

 

[dwcal]

Never happened to me, but if you run for it, try to duck and zig-zag instead of running away in a straight line. It's actually very hard for an untrained shooter to hit a moving target.Hopefully it's not a professional hitman with the gun.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

I'd tell them that my booty can have their baby. No joke.

 

[hemiram]

I've been at gunpoint 3 times:

The first time was when we got held up at the gas station I worked at. 4 guys came in, and two had guns. THe total take of this big robbery was $48, and 4 cartons of Kool cigarettes! I had a gun at the back of my head the entire time. Was I scared? NO! I was pissed! One of the four guys was a regular customer and he ended up being the only one caught. He got 30 years for it.

The second time was about a year later, when a drugged up neighbor put a gun to my head after I knocked on his door to tell him to call another neighbor who bailed him out of jail a week before. He stood there in his little white briefs, screaming at me and my dog too, for several minutes. He was all coked up, and in the middle of it, the neighbor who had bailed him out of jail walked up behind him and pointed at the ground. He had his .45 in his hand and wanted me to drop so he could take him out. I couldn't figure out the hand signals, so I just stood there and let him rant. I wasn't scared at all, I was thinking how I was going to get him for this. He ended up apologizing the next morning, and nothing else ever happened between the two of us.

The third time I was going home one night, and this moron cut me off and I honked at him. He turned off and dissapeared, and then all of a sudden, shows up next to me a couple of miles down the road at a light. He starts screaming all kinds of nonsense at me, and I tried to ignore him, but finally lost my temper and said stuff back. When the light went green, I took off and left him far behind. I stopped at the grocery store for about 15 minutes, and when I came out, he was there, getting out of his car. With what appeared to be a .22 rifle. I guess he didn't expect me to be armed, but I was working in a Casino at the time, and carried a .357 and when I saw the gun, I ducked down behind a car and pulled my gun. He starts screaming at me, telling me he's going to shoot me, and as he walked around the front of the car between us, I cocked my gun, and his eyes popped out, and he he said, "Aww, forget it, man!" and jumped into his car and takes off. I was very shakey afterwards, because I was about one second away from blowing him away.
The cops picked him up before he got home to his trailer, and bust him for false plates, driving with a suspended license, brandishing a weapon, and having a loaded weapon in city limits. Of course, I told the police my gun wasn't loaded, and it wasn't, by the time they arrived!

The really wierd thing was when I went to another grocery store, the one I normally shopped at the next afternoon, the woman that ran the slot machines (Yes they have them in stores!) starts telling me about her hubby, soon to be ex hubby, getting arrested the night before for pointing a gun at a guy.. I just laughed, and told her it was me! She then says without missing a beat, "So why the hell didn't you shoot him?" LOL. I just shrugged my shoulders, and told her, "Well, doesn't almost count?" I ended up dating her for about 6 months after that. Her hubby was in jail the entire time and she divoriced him as soon as he got out. He died a couple of years later, in jail again. His drinking caught up with him, and he drowned in his own blood. Oh my!

 

[honkee]

oh ****** man, sounds likea jerry springer episode
glad to see your ok though

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: bradruth
In this hypothetical situation are they just flashing a gun or are in the process of drawing it? If the former I'd draw down on them and order them down. If the latter I'd draw and start firing.

This presumes you have a gun.
How about if you were unarmed, you know, like most of the rest of the citizens?

I always have a gun when in public.

Not the point, Officer Badass. Most people don't.

 

[WolverineGator]

I'd run down the street and take off in my airplane that is on a conveyor belt.

 

[iamtrout]

I've been held at gunpoint multiple times. Of note recently:

In October I noticed a group of three guys looking kinda suspicious. They drew guns and started walking towards me. I took out two hand grenades, pulling out their pins and spitting them onto the ground. They stopped, we chatted, they ran, I lobbed the grenades after them and quickly took cover. I managed to kill one and maimed the remaining two. I finished them off with a knife.

A group of five guys came up to me in January in an alleyway, looking thuggish. One of them was reaching for something, probably a gun, so I whipped out my Steyr TMP and hosed all of them. Then stabbed their eye sockets in for good measure.

I was walking out of a cafe just as some asshat was riding away on my borrowed bike, so I took out my glock and hit him a couple of times in the back. He fell, tried to run, but I shot him a couple of more times as I was walking up to him, eating my croissant. When I got to him he was about to die, so I put two in his melon. The croissant was really good. I left the bike because I was going to get a taxi anyway. Then some hero comes out of nowhere, gun drawn, and tells me to stay put. I drop my gun and croissant, take out a couple of grenades, and, well, you know the drill.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: jbourne77

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: bradruth
In this hypothetical situation are they just flashing a gun or are in the process of drawing it? If the former I'd draw down on them and order them down. If the latter I'd draw and start firing.

This presumes you have a gun.
How about if you were unarmed, you know, like most of the rest of the citizens?

I always have a gun when in public.

Not the point, Officer Badass. Most people don't.

Yes, I'm a badass because I carry a gun in accordance with employment. You sure got me!

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: iamtrout
I've been held at gunpoint multiple times. Of note recently:

In October I noticed a group of three guys looking kinda suspicious. They drew guns and started walking towards me. I took out two hand grenades, pulling out their pins and spitting them onto the ground. They stopped, we chatted, they ran, I lobbed the grenades after them and quickly took cover. I managed to kill one and maimed the remaining two. I finished them off with a knife.

A group of five guys came up to me in January in an alleyway, looking thuggish. One of them was reaching for something, probably a gun, so I whipped out my Steyr TMP and hosed all of them. Then stabbed their eye sockets in for good measure.

I was walking out of a cafe just as some asshat was riding away on my borrowed bike, so I took out my glock and hit him a couple of times in the back. He fell, tried to run, but I shot him a couple of more times as I was walking up to him, eating my croissant. When I got to him he was about to die, so I put two in his melon. The croissant was really good. I left the bike because I was going to get a taxi anyway. Then some hero comes out of nowhere, gun drawn, and tells me to stay put. I drop my gun and croissant, take out a couple of grenades, and, well, you know the drill.

Good one trout!

My brothers had a gun pulled on them many years ago. This guy behind them honked his horn, and the 15 year old riding shotgun not only flipped the guy off, but in his words " waved it around".
The car followed them into the parking lot, and the guy brandished a pistol and threatened the "smartass punks".
In our small hick town, it was unheard of and it scared the crap out of them.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: jbourne77

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: bradruth
In this hypothetical situation are they just flashing a gun or are in the process of drawing it? If the former I'd draw down on them and order them down. If the latter I'd draw and start firing.

This presumes you have a gun.
How about if you were unarmed, you know, like most of the rest of the citizens?

I always have a gun when in public.

Not the point, Officer Badass. Most people don't.

Yes, I'm a badass because I carry a gun in accordance with employment. You sure got me!

Still missing the point. The question was geared towards the every day citizen... not someone who's packing whenever they leave the house.

:roll:

 

[ericboo]

I carry off-duty, sadly not every day, but even if I was carrying, I might just mess my pants. If someone has a gun pointed at me, I am almost sure they could shoot me before I could get my weapon out. If I could, I agree with Bradruth and I would fire without hesitation. Just depends on the situation.

 

[IronWing]

If someone pulled a gun on me I'd be like one of those guys in the movies; I'd grab the nearest infant and throw it at the gunman to block him from shooting me.