From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@tpk.net)
Date: Fri Dec 27 1996 - 20:39:53 MST
Eric Watt Forste wrote:
>
> I'm afraid Michael Lorrey has read far more into my parenthesis
> than I intended to put there. I certainly didn't expect to have to
> put up a follow-up post dealing with just that, but hey, I don't
> want to get kicked out of the NRA. (Actually, I quit the NRA, but
> only because they insist on supporting the Republican Party.)
>
> My sin was not in going unarmed but in failing to pay adequate
> attention to my immediate environment. What can I say, it had been
> a long day and I was tired and not in a good frame of mind to resist
> the temptation to get lost in thought about whatever I was daydreaming
> about at the time. I was surprised from behind, quietly. Perhaps
> if I took some more ninjutsu classes, I'd learn an effective defense
> against this maneuver, but the defense that I did come up with
> (running away as fast as I could while screaming at the top of my
> lungs) worked in that particular situation, so I was lucky. However,
> drawing down on the fellow after he had rested his barrel on my
> temple would have been suicidal--far more so than what I actually
> did. I recognized the pistol by feel, because it felt exactly like
> my own Glock 19.
>
> The sad thing is that after I reached back to remove the miscreant's
> hand from my collar, discovered his automatic pistol (with my hand),
> and made my instant decision, I didn't even give the rascal any time
> to ask for my wallet. As a result, the only thing they could write down
> on the police report describing the offense was "brandishing firearm".
> Something to think about the next time you research police crime stats.
>
> And I certainly hope you didn't mean to tar me with that "pro individual
> freedom yet anti RKBA" brush. When I was going on about the evils of
> flying lead pellets, I was under no delusion that "gun control" laws
> are of any use in minimizing such evils. My own opinion is that decent
> human beings are in no short supply, and that the more of them are
> well armed, the less trouble we can expect from those human beings
> who fall well below the minimum standards of decency.
>
Thank you for that clarification. It would be stupid of me to second
guess what was obviously a panic laden situation. here's a tip though:
if someone is so desperate as to need to rob you at gunpoint, it is
highly likely they could not afford to buy bullets for the gun. many
armed theives have been found with EMPTY weapons. of course its a gamble
that I would expect only a proud person to take. As Lazarus Long
said:"If it came to a choice between being a dead lion or a live jackal,
I would obviously prefer to be a live lion, but I'm outside the rules
anyway."
-- TANSTAAFL!!! Michael Lorrey --------------------------------------------------------- President retroman@tpk.net Northstar Technologies Agent Lorrey@ThePentagon.com Inventor of the Lorrey Drive Silo_1013@ThePentagon.com http://www.tpk.net/~retroman/ --------------------------------------------------------- Inventor, Webmaster, Ski Guide, Entrepreneur, Artist, Outdoorsman, Libertarian, Certified Genius.
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