Mugged! What would you do?

Comply, that is all you can do.

But one would think walking through central Park at night would cause a much hightened sense of awareness. One would continually "scan" the area, listen carefully and be thinking ahead. Was your friend complacent?

Has he walked through central Park many times before thinking of far more important things than his personal security? If he were 'keyed' into his surroundings, would he have heard THREE attackers moving in for the attack? Once they had the jump he had only one option: Compliance.

Before you flame my butt remember I am making presumptions and sidewalk quarterbacking. If I were to walk through central Park at night, I would be at such a hightened sense of awareness that any sound would cause me to have an adrenaline dump. seems like your friend has walked through the park too many times with nothing happening. He let his guard down, and that's when sh*t happens.

When you are staring down the business end of a firearm you can only hope you do not see the flash. Could a highly trained individual defended himself? Don't know.

Carrying a gun illegally in NYC? Can't answer that. In this case however the gun would have been of little use. But allow me to play Devil's advocate:
rewind to the night in question. Your buddy is walking through the park gun in hand scanning the area and in a very hightened sense of alert. He hears footsteps and can see an armed mugger............................................
 
Gollnick writes "Well, I don't agree that a gun is some sort of trump card."

Lived in Rio, Brasil for 6 years. I walked and used public transportation most of the time. I have had a gun to my head on three occassions. It's pretty much a trump card for most of us. I would offer additionally that three men with just there fists and feet could pose a serious hazard.
 
Originally posted by averageguy
I would offer additionally that three men with just there fists and feet could pose a serious hazard.
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Agreed. I read once in a news paper where a pro NFL football player got his butt kicked outside a bar. He was somewhere in the vicinity of 6'7" and 285 pounds. The 3 punks who beat him weighed about 160 pounds each. The big dude sufferred a concussion and contusions, and mentioned that his confidence was severely shaken. He had thought previous to this that he could take on any 5 men at one time. A serious humbling. :(
 
If I had a gun to a head, or a knife to my throat I would comply.

But if I was walking down the street at night, with no-one around, I would have my weapon in hand, and be ready to run!
 
Unfortunately here in Kalifornia we have a problem.

It's called the 3 strikes law. After your 3rd felony conviction you get life in prison. With many muggers facing the possibilty of life in prison they are shooting their victims dead even if they comply and give them everything so as not to leave somebody that can identify them.
 
Your friend made out ok and I am glad to hear he is safe. Sometimes in certain situations packing a handgun is of little use.

Last summer I was hanging out with a good friend that just returned from a 6 month deployment from the Gulf. He just returned and didn't even have his phone turned on yet. I drove to a nearby pay phone and was going to call my wife, when next thing you know I was waking up on the ground with 4 teeth in my lap. Apparently I was stuck straight in the mouth with a steel pipe, knocking me out cold. The only thing that was missing when I came to was my wallet(Besides my teeth) and I had a paddle holster on with a 45 that must have gone unnoticed. That pretty much ruined my summer as you can imagine.

I had the teeth implanted back in my mouth at the emergency room and had about 7 root canals and several other procedures done and lucky they look better now than they did before it occured. I just thank god I was active duty at the time or I would never had been able to afford the bills.
 
Praise God for that Jason!! the root canal I had yesterday was $700.00!!! sad thing is Im not done yet!!!:eek:
 
Originally posted by TheBadGuy
Your friend made out ok and I am glad to hear he is safe. Sometimes in certain situations packing a handgun is of little use.

Last summer I was hanging out with a good friend that just returned from a 6 month deployment from the Gulf. He just returned and didn't even have his phone turned on yet. I drove to a nearby pay phone and was going to call my wife, when next thing you know I was waking up on the ground with 4 teeth in my lap. Apparently I was stuck straight in the mouth with a steel pipe, knocking me out cold. The only thing that was missing when I came to was my wallet(Besides my teeth) and I had a paddle holster on with a 45 that must have gone unnoticed. That pretty much ruined my summer as you can imagine.

I had the teeth implanted back in my mouth at the emergency room and had about 7 root canals and several other procedures done and lucky they look better now than they did before it occured. I just thank god I was active duty at the time or I would never had been able to afford the bills.
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Glad to hear you and the original posters co-hort survived without permanent harm. Good point though, somtimes you can do everything right, and still loose. Sad fact of life! Still, I think it's better to have and not need, then to need and not have.
Guns and Knives that is.
JDBraddy
 
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