Truck Gun Saves Houston Couple

[matefrio]

Texas man shoots duo that abducted him, his wife - Houston Chronicle

The suspects forced the woman to taken an undisclosed amount of money from the bank, then forced the husband to drive them in his truck down Highway 71, Weido said. It was then that the husband grabbed a gun that was in the truck and fired at the suspects, he said.

 

[M. Sage]

I cannot imagine what a gunfight inside a car/truck would be like. It would have to be like a knife fight in a phone booth!

What the husband did takes testicular fortitude of legendary stature.

The suspect who is still hospitalized is in serious condition last I heard.

 

[txinvestigator]

The suspects forced the woman to taken an undisclosed amount of money from the bank,

The article really used the word "taken". wow.

 

[ScorpionHunter]

The article really used the word "taken". wow.

It probably comes from an over-reliance on spell check and a dwindling number of editors. The worst is when I see errors like this in stories from places like Reuters.

 

[Wabbit69]

I cannot imagine what a gunfight inside a car/truck would be like. It would have to be like a knife fight in a phone booth!

That is a very good point. It strikes me that the majority of civilian defensive encounters are at bad-breath distance. As much as we try to maintain situational awareness and avoid a criminal ambush, we are not perfect and can't expect to stay in condition Yellow 100 percent of the time. This is precisely why I'm taking classes for integrating pistol-craft with H2H and knife work. Thankfully, the dirt-bags didn't appear to have that much training.

 

[subseashooter]

However it went down, chalk up a win for the good guys.....

 

[TexasRedneck]

One more lesson about messin' with Texas!

 

[M. Sage]

That is a very good point. It strikes me that the majority of civilian defensive encounters are at bad-breath distance. As much as we try to maintain situational awareness and avoid a criminal ambush, we are not perfect and can't expect to stay in condition Yellow 100 percent of the time. This is precisely why I'm taking classes for integrating pistol-craft with H2H and knife work. Thankfully, the dirt-bags didn't appear to have that much training.

Yep. And criminals use tricks and distractions to get inside your comfort zone. I've lost count of the people I've met who were mugged starting with some version of the line "hey, can I get a smoke from you"? There are other tricks to get people to lower their guards and get within striking distance. IMO the biggest mistake people make is underestimating the cleverness of criminals.

... of course, if you think about it, we can use similar tactics to turn things around and take initiative. Something like looking past the bad guy's shoulder and saying, "Officer! Over here!" Where is his attention going to be focused? On the knife or bullet that he's about to get in the guts, or on the cop who isn't actually there?