Have You Ever Lost Someone To Gun Violence?

In the military I carried and used effectively.

In the civilian world I shot a man who survived. Attacked a woman with a knife, the intention had been to carjack her but she would not open her door. I witnessed this while traversing an adjacent parking lot. It was broad freakin' daylight. I drew and shot him in the back from about 150 feet (50 yards). I was unsure I could effectively stop what was happening if I had tried to close the distance. Bullet struck him in the left shoulder blade a few inches from his spine, right where I intended. To anyone else, even a cop that is a risky shot, even for me it has at least some risk. This happened in Baton Rouge Louisiana right at the bread basket/chevron station on Florida Ave coming off the I-110 interstate. The cops interviewed me for about ten minutes, reviewed the security footage and sent me on my way. I was active military at the time.

Second time and last time was a brandish. Pumping gas in Texarkana a crack head tried to get the jump on my by weaving through the gas pumps where I wouldn't see him coming. Knife versus Pistol, I told him to put the knife in the trash and run away as fast as he could. Problem solved.



Yall can say what you want about guns, for or against, like em or hate em...but the truth of the matter is the PEOPLE. I can give any one of you a gun and expect you to hit a man size target at 21 feet. People who've never fired one can do that. But if I make you do a couple laps and then fire off rounds over your head and give you 1.8 seconds to put one on the target 95% of you will miss...hell even cops miss. My point is pretty simple, leave the life saving and life taking to the just and capable. I do not and will not ever advocate the use of a firearm on a human being unless the threat exceeds the collateral damage.

How many of you would think about whats behind your target, or near it, or the possibility the target could be subdued, is the gun a gun or a painted toy? I mean yes, make the assumption that anything like that is deadly, however...this is not the wild west...as much as our testosterone might enjoy something like that. I don't ever wish something like a shooting on anyone, ever. Leave that stuff to the cops if you can. Protect your family, protect yourself and if you can do it without collateral protect others. I know guys who took the wrong life by accident, that is not something you ever live down, even if the accident was a decision you had to make based on the threat at the time.