Carry your gun. EVERY. DAY.

[Alfonse]

Hopefully, he would have been armed, otherwise, it would have been you they were hauling out to jail. You probably could have found something that he had as a weapon??????????

Your life can be in danger without the assailant or assailants being armed. They were bold enough to hit him in the head and rob him. There is no telling what else they might have done.

[TD2K]

I'm a middle aged girl and he was a man CLEARLY hyped up on something. He was totally wigging out. he had a weapon in his hand. I know the laws.

[TD2K]

he had our supervisor cornered in the locker room, was standing at the door not willing to let him out. had that been me, I know how I would have reacted.

[TD2K]

Had it been your wife/girlfriend/daughter put in the same situation our supervisor was put in, how would you want her to react?

[Alfonse]

TD2K, It sounds like you would have reacted very appropriately to me.

[muggsy]

There's a thing called disparity of force. All that TD2k needed was a fear of being killed or great bodily harm. Because she is smaller and weaker than most men she has a green light to shoot particularly in her own castle.

[b4uqzme]

Hopefully, he would have been armed, otherwise, it would have been you they were hauling out to jail. You probably could have found something that he had as a weapon??????????

I see the sarcasm emoticon berettab but that post was a little off track. Serious subject matter and I'm grateful everyone is OK.

[Bobshouse]

There's a thing called disparity of force. All that TD2k needed was a fear of being killed or great bodily harm. Because she is smaller and weaker than most men she has a green light to shoot particularly in her own castle.

But what about the fear and possibility of having your entire life savings drained by the lawyers explaining to the jury about your right to use deadly force when in fear for your life?

[TD2K]

and what if you DON'T do anything and get dead.

I have been trained, I know the law, and I have the Armed Citizen's Legal Defense Network to back my decision to fight to stay alive.

[Bawanna]

And if your derelict cyber husband bawanna was there, poor defenseless god fearing soul that he is we'd be even better.

I should have been there, I should be there, I'm sorry I'm not already there.

Stay alive, deal with the bottom feeding scum sucking lawyers later.

[Bobshouse]

Oh, I agree with ya'll 100 percent... Just trying to throw in a curve ball to see how everyone was going to react...

[b4uqzme]

But what about the fear and possibility of having your entire life savings drained by the lawyers explaining to the jury about your right to use deadly force when in fear for your life?

^^^ there's a statement from someone who shouldn't carry. And that's OK. It's not for everybody. Curveball and all.

[muggsy]

But what about the fear and possibility of having your entire life savings drained by the lawyers explaining to the jury about your right to use deadly force when in fear for your life?

What's worth more to you. Your money or your life? I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six. Dead men don't get to testify in court. I had to give up a part of my life to have the things that I own. Anyone who demonstrates a willingness to take a part of my life is in grave danger of losing his. Don't tread on me.

[getsome]

Glad you and your coworker are ok TD2K....If you have the slightest doubt about what will happen to you if you are forced to use your weapon then you shouldn't be carrying a gun....I'm too old to fight and too fat to run so if someone makes me fear for my or my families safety then that person is going to have a weapon pointed at them and if they continue the threat they will be shot, period....If you carry a handgun you better have it squared away in your head what you're going to do and be sure you have the will to pull that trigger if need be because as someone else has already said, when danger comes it comes fast and hard and if you hesitate or think too much it might just get you killed....

[berettabone]

I'm really glad that everyone here just wants to start shooting. I GUARANTEE, that if you shoot an unarmed person, you will go to prison, be bankrupted or both.............I don't care who your lawyer is. Apparently, some people have less thought of quality of life than others. Who is to say that the whole scenario would or wouldn't have been different if TD2K would have opened up instead of the manager. Everybody just wants to start shooting. She may not have gotten knocked on the head, because she's more aware of her surroundings........................maybe he would have gone to the floor with just seeing her and her firearm. She may have held him until LE arrived. IF all you want to do is start shooting, maybe YOUR the one who shouldn't be carrying. Bobshouse just asked a simple question, and you people jump all over his back. Just because someone breaks in to your place of business, unfortunately, it doesn't give you the right to shoot them, unless they have a weapon. Getting hit over the head qualifies as a life threatening situation. If they have a weapon, it's a life threatening situation.....anything else, you start shooting, your a damn fool.