So, you carry a handgun for self defense. Your CCW is up-to-date, you go to the range at least every few weeks and practice, and have attended a shooting school or two. Great, you’ve checked most of the blocks to make you well prepared and ready to deal with any threat you may encounter. Or are you?
Consider the following situation. You are returning to your car parked in the local parking garage. It is late, you notice that the area your car is parked in is not well-lit. As you approach your car, two young males step out of the shadows and move toward you. You quickly move toward your car making sure your jacket is open so you can get to your sidearm. A few feet from your car you hear the words, “ Nice ride buddy — how about giving me the keys?” Great …
You turn carefully as your hand goes to your pistol. One look tells you these guys plan on causing you trouble. A mil-lion thoughts go through your head as you draw your handgun to a good low ready position and you announce: “Leave me alone, get away from me.” At the sight of your gun, these two bad guys suddenly decide there’s something pressing they have to attend to, mumble something about wanting no trouble and disappear like a whiff of smoke. You stand there for a few seconds with the strange feeling of “What in the hell just happened” then quickly check your flanks to insure there is nobody else waiting to ambush or harm you. You quickly re-holster and get into your car.
As you put the key in the ignition you note a slight tremor in your hands. What would have happened if you hadn’t had your handgun for protection? After all the training and practice, not a shot was fired and when the bad guys saw your gun they left in a flash. “Wow,” you think, “This self defense stuff really works.” You feel positive about how things went. With care you back out of your parking stall and leave the parking garage plan-ning on returning home with a story to tell your family.
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