Caught Unaware

[JR50]

First, let me say nothing bad happened.
Two nights ago my granddaughter spent the night with us. She was cranky and wouldn't sleep. Hoping to calm her down and taking advantage of a very pleasant evening (actually about 10:00pm) my wife and I took her oustide to see the stars and bright moon. As we were stargazing on the sidewalk in front of my house, I heard footsteps approaching very, very fast behind me. It was not a jogger! By the time I turned around, a very large fellow in his best 'urban atire' was next to me. He mumbled "What's goin' on?" Fortunately, he kept moving. He may have been the nicest guy in the world, but it could have been a very different scenario. I'm still kicking myself for not being in condition yellow and worse, my XD was in the house. I hope I've learned a lesson that sticks with me. I post this little experience in the hope it may help someone here, too.

 

[ATF Consumer]

Yep...my Glock is with me except when showering.

 

[dice dealer]

All i can say is ...I am carrying Right now as i am on the couch browsing INGO....

Never be caught unprepared

 

[henktermaat]

All i can say is ...I am carrying Right now as i am on the couch browsing INGO....

Never be caught unprepared

 

[cosermann]

A wise man learns from his mistakes.
A wiser man learns from the mistakes of others.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[concrete dog]

thank god he was just out for a walk/run that late

 

[Scutter01]

thank god he was just out for a walk/run that late

Or he was a bad guy that changed his mind at the last moment...

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

All i can say is ...I am carrying Right now as i am on the couch browsing INGO....

Never be caught unprepared

Exactly .

 

[pute62]

Isn't it sad that we now live in a country where we must carry inside our own homes.

 

[Greatestsin]

I tend to constantly look around and re-survey the people around me all the time. However I would bet i'da been caught unawares too. Goes to show that you should never be 'off'

 

[esrice]

This looks like an excellent time to bring up Jeff Cooper's Color Codes of Awareness.

Must read!

Jeff Cooper (Marine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Scutter01]

That's funny, as I was reading this thread, my doorbell rang. It was some young woman with what sounded like a Russian accent. She was selling some kind of encyclopedia or teaching books for school kids.

I'm sure it was perfectly innocent, but what set me on edge (aside from just having read this thread), was that she had no visible ID on her, and before she started into her spiel, she wanted to know the names and ages of the kids in my house. She said "I've already met the other parents on your street and got to hear about..." and proceeded to name several of the other kids and their parents' names on my street. That annoyed me because it felt like I was being manipulated into trusting her (oh, she must be OK if she knows everyone else). She got flustered when I told her I refused to give out information about my household. I asked her who she was representing and she mumbled something about a company named "Southwest". That's the same thing I hear from bill collectors when they call my number looking for the previous owner of the number. They always refuse to be upfront about who they are. They'll mumble a set of initials or something: "Oh, I'm with A.R.S." and then get cagey when I ask who "A.R.S." is or what the corporate address is.

Like I said, it was probably perfectly innocent, but I wasn't falling for it either way.

ETA: This post was copied into a new thread: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...elf_defense/51406-pumped_for_information.html

 

[printcraft]

First, let me say nothing bad happened.
...........

GOOD!



I'm still kicking myself for not being in condition yellow and worse, my XD was in the house. I hope I've learned a lesson that sticks with me. .....

Kind of makes you feel naked .... don't it?

Speaking of being naked.......

Yep...my Glock is with me except when showering.

You should get some of those firing pin sleeve things for your glock so
you can fire underwater. No excuses then!

 

[JR50]

I'm still kicking myself for not being in condition yellow and worse, my XD was in the house. I hope I've learned a lesson that sticks with me. .....

Kind of makes you feel naked .... don't it?

Big time, Printcraft, big time!

 

[shooter521]

Big time, Printcraft, big time!

Not trying to rub salt in your wound, but the bigger shortcoming here is, of course, being caught unaware rather than being caught unarmed. Even if you'd had your XD on your hip, that dude could've cut you high wide and handsome before you ever knew "what's goin' on." Mindset really IS everything.

My

 

[JR50]

No problem, Shooter.
Without the proper mindset that shootin' iron or shootin plastic - whatever the case may be - is at best inefficient and more than likely ineffective.

I'm kicking myself now. If something bad had happened .....