Got Mugged: Always Happens When Im Not Carrying - Page 3

SigP6Carry · February 13, 2010, 05:36 PM

I personally suggest a Tulamore 12 year.

But, yeah. They're right. If you're held up by three guys with guns and all they do to you is take your cell phone: you got off well.

LordofWar · February 13, 2010, 06:02 PM

Cheers!

With this the threads outlived its utility if/when there was any. :P

SigP6Carry · February 13, 2010, 06:28 PM

There's plenty of utility in discussing which Irish Whisky to celebrate with.

Onward Allusion · February 13, 2010, 07:17 PM

Glad you weren't hurt. Ditto on all the other posts with regard to drawing your weapon.

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Got Mugged: Always Happens When Im Not Carrying

LordofWar · February 13, 2010, 09:02 PM

I know. You're all right about this. I was just being an ass.

I think it was somewhat of a post-mugging anger. Material things are just not worth taking somebodys life. I used to preach the same until I experianced the mugging myself.

Maybe it was because I felt helpless at that time... but it's a 100% if I was carrying that day it would have been disastrous.

omkhan · February 14, 2010, 07:24 AM

I know the feeling. When I got mugged the 1st (& the only) time, I didnt know what to do. I was mad like hell. Getting apart with some property or cell phone for e.g. isn't a big deal. We lose such stuff on & off. However, someone ripping it from us by force is something else. Nevertheless, I am glad that you are ok LOW.

Where in karachi did this happen anyway?

LordofWar · February 14, 2010, 08:10 AM

The signal before Kala Pull coming from DHA Phase II.

misnomerga · February 15, 2010, 11:30 AM

Just reading your post I for one am very glad you did not have your shooting iron with you. There is no way a cell phone is worth the possibility of you losing your life over it. As all the other posters pointed out you were covered six ways to Sunday and would never had a chance! Even your thought about taking them on after they were leaving seems a little careless. What if you got two of them but missed the third perp for some reason and now you are engaged in a gun battle, over a cell phone. You were blessed my friend to be ironless in that sitiuation IMHO.

LordofWar · February 16, 2010, 03:42 PM

Well one things for sure. Of whatever magnitude my wife throws tantrums I am not going out with my family without security detail or the bullet proof car. The way it happened in the middle of a traffic jam in a densly populated commercial area totally unexpectedly I refuse to take any chances from now on.

It could easily have been a kidnapping or a life attempt.

skydiver3346 · February 16, 2010, 04:02 PM

Uh, is killing someone and/or getting yourself killed actually worth a cell phone in the first place? I don't think so....
Sure you want to respond to a threat of this kind but in the long run, you were fortunate that you were not carrying on this gig or it may have really ruined your day.

svaz · February 19, 2010, 11:19 AM

I'd bet even in Pakistan the legal ramifications of a 'good' shoot (assuming you survived) wouldn't have been worth the cellphone; definitely not here in the good 'ol 'I'll sue U, S of A'. Pride can be more detrimental to good decision making than alcohol.

Glad you made it out unscathed.

February 13, 2010, 05:36 PM	#51
SigP6Carry Senior Member Join Date: August 27, 2009 Posts: 1,086	I personally suggest a Tulamore 12 year. But, yeah. They're right. If you're held up by three guys with guns and all they do to you is take your cell phone: you got off well. __________________ -liberal gun nut = exception to the rule- -1.24274238 miles, because Russians don't need scopes- -Gun control was the Klan's favorite law, how can you advocate a set of laws designed to allow the denigration of a people?-

February 13, 2010, 06:28 PM	#53
SigP6Carry Senior Member Join Date: August 27, 2009 Posts: 1,086	There's plenty of utility in discussing which Irish Whisky to celebrate with. __________________ -liberal gun nut = exception to the rule- -1.24274238 miles, because Russians don't need scopes- -Gun control was the Klan's favorite law, how can you advocate a set of laws designed to allow the denigration of a people?-

February 15, 2010, 11:30 AM	#58
misnomerga Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 139	Sounds a bit like the OK Corral Just reading your post I for one am very glad you did not have your shooting iron with you. There is no way a cell phone is worth the possibility of you losing your life over it. As all the other posters pointed out you were covered six ways to Sunday and would never had a chance! Even your thought about taking them on after they were leaving seems a little careless. What if you got two of them but missed the third perp for some reason and now you are engaged in a gun battle, over a cell phone. You were blessed my friend to be ironless in that sitiuation IMHO.

February 16, 2010, 04:02 PM	#60
skydiver3346 Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,222	Simple question: Uh, is killing someone and/or getting yourself killed actually worth a cell phone in the first place? I don't think so.... Sure you want to respond to a threat of this kind but in the long run, you were fortunate that you were not carrying on this gig or it may have really ruined your day.

February 19, 2010, 11:19 AM	#61
svaz Senior Member Join Date: June 11, 2009 Location: KFHU Posts: 177	I'd bet even in Pakistan the legal ramifications of a 'good' shoot (assuming you survived) wouldn't have been worth the cellphone; definitely not here in the good 'ol 'I'll sue U, S of A'. Pride can be more detrimental to good decision making than alcohol. Glad you made it out unscathed. __________________ At your local library, 973.931 PAU

February 13, 2010, 06:02 PM	#52
LordofWar Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2009 Location: Pakistan Posts: 646	Cheers! With this the threads outlived its utility if/when there was any. :P

February 13, 2010, 09:02 PM	#55
LordofWar Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2009 Location: Pakistan Posts: 646	I know. You're all right about this. I was just being an ass. I think it was somewhat of a post-mugging anger. Material things are just not worth taking somebodys life. I used to preach the same until I experianced the mugging myself. Maybe it was because I felt helpless at that time... but it's a 100% if I was carrying that day it would have been disastrous.

February 14, 2010, 07:24 AM	#56
omkhan Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2008 Location: Karachi, Pakistan Posts: 117	I know the feeling. When I got mugged the 1st (& the only) time, I didnt know what to do. I was mad like hell. Getting apart with some property or cell phone for e.g. isn't a big deal. We lose such stuff on & off. However, someone ripping it from us by force is something else. Nevertheless, I am glad that you are ok LOW. Where in karachi did this happen anyway?

February 14, 2010, 08:10 AM	#57
LordofWar Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2009 Location: Pakistan Posts: 646	The signal before Kala Pull coming from DHA Phase II.

February 16, 2010, 03:42 PM	#59
LordofWar Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2009 Location: Pakistan Posts: 646	Well one things for sure. Of whatever magnitude my wife throws tantrums I am not going out with my family without security detail or the bullet proof car. The way it happened in the middle of a traffic jam in a densly populated commercial area totally unexpectedly I refuse to take any chances from now on. It could easily have been a kidnapping or a life attempt.