Sven
Senior Member
My good friend visited last week with his girlfriend... while they were here vacationing, they learned that her roomates had been mugged (in Dallas) at gunpoint. Two guys jumped them as they entered their car, both armed.
The BGs pistol whipped one of the guys in the back of the head when he failed to get the car lights off quickly enough. In the end, the BGs ran off - they didn't want the car, just cash.
In talking with my friend, he vigorously argued that guns would have made that situation worse. He says it is better to take your chances and comply then to fight fire with fire.
I talked with him for 10 minutes on it, but he didn't budge in his viewpoint. In learning more, it seems the two victims were likely easy targets.... but the viewpoint that it is better to give in to thugs just seems bizzare to me.
(sigh)
The BGs pistol whipped one of the guys in the back of the head when he failed to get the car lights off quickly enough. In the end, the BGs ran off - they didn't want the car, just cash.
In talking with my friend, he vigorously argued that guns would have made that situation worse. He says it is better to take your chances and comply then to fight fire with fire.
I talked with him for 10 minutes on it, but he didn't budge in his viewpoint. In learning more, it seems the two victims were likely easy targets.... but the viewpoint that it is better to give in to thugs just seems bizzare to me.
(sigh)