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Ed2000 · July 24, 2001, 10:03 PM

How would you respond to this situation. You are on a 2 lane road. Two cars have stopped in front of you to talk through their windows (one headed in each direction). You are behind one of them and allow them to talk a few minutes. You finally blow your horn, but they don't move. You blow again, but this time one gets out and points a handgun at you. You have a .357 snub or .45 auto. What do you do? Would it be better to throw your car in reverse and hope not to get hit - if he fires? Would you hit the floorboard for cover and grab for your gun only to lose sight of where he is?

This happened to a guy in my city. He apparently sat there and called 911 on his cell phone. The response from 911 was "so, what do you want us to do about it?"

July 24, 2001, 10:03 PM	#1
Ed2000 Senior Member Join Date: April 27, 2000 Posts: 174	What would you do? How would you respond to this situation. You are on a 2 lane road. Two cars have stopped in front of you to talk through their windows (one headed in each direction). You are behind one of them and allow them to talk a few minutes. You finally blow your horn, but they don't move. You blow again, but this time one gets out and points a handgun at you. You have a .357 snub or .45 auto. What do you do? Would it be better to throw your car in reverse and hope not to get hit - if he fires? Would you hit the floorboard for cover and grab for your gun only to lose sight of where he is? This happened to a guy in my city. He apparently sat there and called 911 on his cell phone. The response from 911 was "so, what do you want us to do about it?"