HankB
Member
This *just* happened to a friend of mine Christmas eve in Austin, TX.
As church let out, right about midnight, he heard one of the other churchgoers yell "Help! There's a man in my car! Help!"
It turned out a Mexican had broken into his car by smashing out a side window during services and was having a drink (!) and trying to get the radio out.
The somewhat inebriated bad guy didn't open the car door to get out when he heard the yelling, but instead crawled through the broken window and took the guy's wife's purse with him. (No need to comment on the wisdom of the woman who left her purse in the car.)
The bad guy started running, the car's owner in hot pursuit, and my friend sort of intercepted the BG . . . at which point the BG pulled a big knife and started waving it around. My buddy - a CHL holder - didn't have his carry piece.
So he got into a fighting stance, and with the other guy closing in, the knife-armed BG dropped the stolen purse and departed at speed.
No further pursuit happened of the knife-armed bad guy.
Significant lessons . . .
1. You NEVER know when you may need your concealed weapon. This happened right after church on Christmas eve.
2. Don't depend on ANYONE ELSE to help you. Except for one woman who called 911 on a cell phone, NOBODY ELSE from the church so much as lifted a finger to help. Nobody.
3. He was lucky.
As church let out, right about midnight, he heard one of the other churchgoers yell "Help! There's a man in my car! Help!"
It turned out a Mexican had broken into his car by smashing out a side window during services and was having a drink (!) and trying to get the radio out.
The somewhat inebriated bad guy didn't open the car door to get out when he heard the yelling, but instead crawled through the broken window and took the guy's wife's purse with him. (No need to comment on the wisdom of the woman who left her purse in the car.)
The bad guy started running, the car's owner in hot pursuit, and my friend sort of intercepted the BG . . . at which point the BG pulled a big knife and started waving it around. My buddy - a CHL holder - didn't have his carry piece.
So he got into a fighting stance, and with the other guy closing in, the knife-armed BG dropped the stolen purse and departed at speed.
No further pursuit happened of the knife-armed bad guy.
Significant lessons . . .
1. You NEVER know when you may need your concealed weapon. This happened right after church on Christmas eve.
2. Don't depend on ANYONE ELSE to help you. Except for one woman who called 911 on a cell phone, NOBODY ELSE from the church so much as lifted a finger to help. Nobody.
3. He was lucky.