Friend of mine tells me three stories about gun violence he personally witnessed. He is black, and grew up in DC. He is 38yo man now.
Story #1: His brother was murdered while leaving a mini-mart in DC because the local gang didn't trust him. The put a gun to his head as he was exiting and pulled the trigger. I asked my friend if he thought he could have defended himself with a firearm, and he said he wouldn't have had time to even draw the gun. In his opinion there is nothing his brother could have done to defend himself.
Story #2: My friend (let's call him Al) and his friend (let's call him Fred) are outside a DC nightclub when two guys come up and were trying to get money owed them from Fred. One holds a gun against Al's head and the other assailant holds a semiauto against Fred's chest. Fred tried to challenge the assailant saying he didn't owe the money and the assailant pulled the trigger, but the gun jammed, and in the scuffle the two of them got away. Again, I asked Al if he could have defended himself with a handgun and he said it just happened too fast to react, and running was the best option. The guy came up from behind and had the gun to his head and he was completely surprised....they both were.
Story #3: He told me of a job he had in DC during the 80's and he had to walk home and a gunman surprised him to rob him. Again, he said he would have had no time to react and defend himself with a handgun. He went on to tell how afraid he was because "almost every night" he walked home he saw a dead body from gunshots. This was the 80's during a bad crack epidemic.
All of a sudden I am really interested in taking one of those gun grabbing self-defense classes. But, perhaps experts here can help propose alternative defense tactics and helpful suggestions, ideas, etc.
Situational awareness might have helped, but when you are surprised.....you are surprised.
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Originally Posted by JV
