dad4
Ultimate Member
Thanks for sharing your experience. I am glad you were properly prepared and the story had a happy ending.
Appreciate sincerely your AAR
Tickled pink y'all are ok
Local LE ought to set up a sting
Your recommendations are valid and welcome reminders to always be ready
Damnit if your wife's reaction wouldn't be exactly like mine and at the same time, exactly what wasn't needed at the moment. I'll take this as an opportunity to tune up my own wife's SA and to remind her of acceptable actions in different scenarios.
God helps those who help themselves. You truly put yourself in the position to be lucky. Good on ya.
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WV allows concealed carry without a permit, for anyone not a prohibited person.
I was thinking meth heads by the way you were describing the scenario. That stuff has ruined rural America.
This looks like the spot.
I'm glad you're all right. Glad you were armed. It sounds like you handled it about right.
To clarify, was it the Bodyguard .38 revolver, or the Bodyguard .380 auto?
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2010/7/15/sw-bodyguard-series/
Anyway, no doubt these misguided Yutes will now see the error of their ways, get right with God, and enroll in Trade School.
I love mine for being so damned confident and independent...right up until I don't.I thought about that as well. My wife probably would've offered them a sandwich and some lemonade. She assumes the best in everyone while I assume everyone is a liar and wants to kill me. The thing is, her world is a much happier place to live in and I'm reluctant to ruin it for her. I have made a little progress with her though in the past few years.
I'll take this as an opportunity to tune up my own wife's SA and to remind her of acceptable actions in different scenarios.
One of the things this highlights is having a set of code words or other sort of pre-planned signals with your spouse to alert them to a situation or just make them stop and assess the situation.
Entering broken-record mode ...
Establish a pre-negotiated "attention" code that's easy and immediate. The Red/Yellow/Green safeword system works well and is easy to remember. "Yellow. I need your help." expresses urgency but not immediate action. "RED. Go back to the car." means drop whatever you're carrying (I don't care how expensive or cherished it is) and beat-feet NOW, no questions.
The key here is that you need something to pop everyone out of whatever immersive state they're in and pay attention without engaging in a 3-minute debate about the merits of the interruption.
My wife objects to needing to have this degree of communication structure in our lives. She wishes people were not nasty. The car thieves who chased us out of Baltimore were nasty, and she really can't argue that.
Damn, so many movie scenes roll through my mind. Take their shoes and wallets, drop their pants into the gorge. I guess at a certain point getting away with your whole skin and no further problems is good enough.
Public service announcement:
WV allows concealed carry without a permit, for anyone not a prohibited person.