Self-Defense Tip: Watch for Your Opportunity to Attack

By Robert Farago

“A couple who had just eaten dinner at Shells off Fowler Avenue were walking to their truck parked nearby, when two teens confronted them,” myfoxtampabay.com reports. “‘They literally sprinted up to the bushes to him, closing that distance very rapidly, pointing that firearm right at him,’ said Tampa Police Lt. Michael Stout.’” This is an excellent example of a concealed carrier who suddenly finds himself SOL. He’s ambushed by two armed bad guys. They’re pointing a gun at him. He’s got a companion’s safety to consider. The odds of retrieving a concealed firearm and successfully bringing it to bear on the bad guys are very, very low. And yet . . .

Police said Reginald Smith and Jeremiah Walker, both 17, demanded cash and their phones.

They said Smith had a gun, but he didn’t know his male victim was also armed.

“He had a concealed weapons permit and a pistol in his pocket,” said Lt. Stout.

The male victim drew his gun once. Officers said he felt their lives were in danger.

“Our female victim began to flee back towards the restaurant. As she did that, the suspect that had a firearm began to point it at her. That made her …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns