This morning my wife and I were in a mood for a good donut... We drove to a little artisan bakery that is only a minute or two from my house. As usual they had a very nice selection of heart stopping goodies and we picked stuff and ordered. So while were standing there waiting for some things to be cooked up to go with the donuts I hear a guy and his female companion in the corner of the restaurant talking on speaker phone to the FBI.
None of this would have been any big deal but the guy was asking for him and his lady friend (or whatever her status was) to be placed into witness protection. The conversation was loud enough and the phones speaker loud enough that we were unwillingly listening to both sides of the conversation as we waited.
Raising my concern to a higher level is the guy is openly claiming he is being actively followed and watched and had been told point blank that the other party was waiting to put the last nail in his coffin.. He claimed to be scared to the point of sleeping with his gun and buying guard dogs...
I have no idea of what the guy was claiming he and her were a witness to and frankly I don’t want to know. It sounded like some sort of organized crime thing.. I didnt even want to hear the conversation he was having which seemed to amount to little more than pleading. Further the door to the shop is behind my wife and I the counter is directly in front of us and this couple is on the opposite side.... Im thinking to myself if this guys for real and not overreacting we may well be in the middle between him and a BGs bullet.. or they could shoot through the glass behind us....
The cashier was making all kinds of faces at the couple and it was obvious she was worried what customers on the other side of the "L" shaped shop were thinking... Nothing like finding out your customer could be the subject of a hit at any moment. It was plain to see she wanted them to leave.
Finally after what seemed like forever (probably no more than three minutes) our food was done and we left with our personal awareness at maximum.
The point I am getting at is:
1. I live in a upscale neighborhood and I have no idea where this guy was from but it makes you a believer that organized crime can be anywhere.
2. The fellow could have been having this conversation in a more secretive tone and the phone could have been turned down but that would not have reduced our danger, it would only have hidden the level of potential danger we were in.
3. It made it apparent to me that in addition to being concerned about any possible BGs entering the store or potentially already being in the store that now I had to add passing cars to my list.
Ultimately who knows the guy could have been a kook but you put the guy and the lady together it seemed pretty matter of fact. I am going to need to factor in the possibility that in a self-defense situation it may be necessary to engage a BG in a car that’s doing a drive by. I may need to visit the junk yard and get a old car door and do some shooting just to test my carry rounds for this situation.
I expect that odds are that I wont run into one of these weird situations again in a lifetime... What do you think? Am I over reacting? Should I test my rounds on a car door or let this go as a one in a million....
None of this would have been any big deal but the guy was asking for him and his lady friend (or whatever her status was) to be placed into witness protection. The conversation was loud enough and the phones speaker loud enough that we were unwillingly listening to both sides of the conversation as we waited.
Raising my concern to a higher level is the guy is openly claiming he is being actively followed and watched and had been told point blank that the other party was waiting to put the last nail in his coffin.. He claimed to be scared to the point of sleeping with his gun and buying guard dogs...
I have no idea of what the guy was claiming he and her were a witness to and frankly I don’t want to know. It sounded like some sort of organized crime thing.. I didnt even want to hear the conversation he was having which seemed to amount to little more than pleading. Further the door to the shop is behind my wife and I the counter is directly in front of us and this couple is on the opposite side.... Im thinking to myself if this guys for real and not overreacting we may well be in the middle between him and a BGs bullet.. or they could shoot through the glass behind us....
The cashier was making all kinds of faces at the couple and it was obvious she was worried what customers on the other side of the "L" shaped shop were thinking... Nothing like finding out your customer could be the subject of a hit at any moment. It was plain to see she wanted them to leave.
Finally after what seemed like forever (probably no more than three minutes) our food was done and we left with our personal awareness at maximum.
The point I am getting at is:
1. I live in a upscale neighborhood and I have no idea where this guy was from but it makes you a believer that organized crime can be anywhere.
2. The fellow could have been having this conversation in a more secretive tone and the phone could have been turned down but that would not have reduced our danger, it would only have hidden the level of potential danger we were in.
3. It made it apparent to me that in addition to being concerned about any possible BGs entering the store or potentially already being in the store that now I had to add passing cars to my list.
Ultimately who knows the guy could have been a kook but you put the guy and the lady together it seemed pretty matter of fact. I am going to need to factor in the possibility that in a self-defense situation it may be necessary to engage a BG in a car that’s doing a drive by. I may need to visit the junk yard and get a old car door and do some shooting just to test my carry rounds for this situation.
I expect that odds are that I wont run into one of these weird situations again in a lifetime... What do you think? Am I over reacting? Should I test my rounds on a car door or let this go as a one in a million....
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