Got robbed. LOL

10/12/2016 | By Laz A. Mataz

[stormhill]

30's. Amish. :)

You gotta keep an eye out for them...you know...mennonites

[Navy Patriot]

Stay safe, Laz.

[firebrand]

Get the badge number, you can deduct it on your taxes as a loss.

[OldNewYork]

Make a police report at least.

[Lazamataz]

A while back I came to the same conclusion. “I wasn’t in fear of s***” is what it is all about. Not fearing death makes your life delicious. You enjoy it more. Screw it, I am having the delicious fried food. Screw it, I am going to try sky diving. etc.

YOU SIR, *get* it.

Lost my fear of death when I was an active addict. Too many times a hit coulda killed me, too many times someone with a pistol coulda killed me.

That's old hat to me now.

Kill me? Sure. Save me the grief of a debilitating disease someday. LOL

Is life so sweet, so precious, that every moment must be lived? I say not. With what I see my country becoming, life is "just okay", it's not all that.

[old-ager]

> If I was packing the gun

So, will you be carrying from now on?

[LongWayHome]

I know the feeling. Had a gun pulled on me at our family business when I was a high school kid.

[867V309]

Any mistakes? Wrong area, wrong time, etc.? Anything to learn from, in other words? Or just unavoidable?

Recently a brother of another color accosted me. daylight, strip mall. He was over-the-top angry, attracted attention from other shoppers.

Awaiting my permit.

[Lazamataz]

Had you been armed, at what point would you have engaged? I presume from your story that they had the drop on you?

Yes. But stupid amateur gunguy snarls at me through his grill and flashes his pistol WITHOUT POINTING IT, almost holding it out to me. At that moment, if was armed, I would roll into him hard and bring mine to bear. I think I coulda pulled it off. I tell ya what, his was such an amateur move, I seriously considered rolling into him and knocking his aim out, WITHOUT being armed. It flashed through my mind.

[KC Burke]

Interesting first hand account. Hasn’t happened to me since 1964.

[Lazamataz]

So, will you be carrying from now on?

I want to be gentle with you, so I will only answer, "Yes", not "LOL duh are you KIDDING me". :)

[Lazamataz]

Make a police report at least.

I will. Just so Brookhaven knows the activity is occuring.

[ConservativeMind]

Laz, you have a wonderful witness to others handling that which you conquered.

Your transformation undoubtedly took the greatest amount of effort. You have proven you can take on the worst and dominate it.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Glad you’re OK, waiting for under 100......

[Lazamataz]

Was outside my apartment after dark, the phone reception is better outside. Next time, I definitely pack. It’s my apartment complex, so I have a castle doctrine defense.

[piytar]

Nobody knows how they will react in such a situation until they have been there.

You did well. Very well.

My reactions have been slightly diferent: Pure violence. But that could have easily gotten me killed more than once.

[Lazamataz]

Thanks bro. :)

[Lazamataz]

I am, frankly, surprised. I’d have thought I’d have been fearful or nervous. SOMEthing.

None of it. I will do well if the system collapses.

[MountainWalker]

You got away with you most important asset - your ass.

I carry too but glad you didn’t have to make that decision there since drawing your gun with a gun on you could have easily made you as dead as the perp. Not worth dying over a piece of trash.

If it makes you feel better, he’ll probably end up dead sooner or later in that line of work. Happy you’re ok.

[Ken H]

Culprit race and age group?

‘Suspects were described as 2 people. One wearing blue jeans and a red and white striped shirt with 3 black buttons down the front. The other was wearing khaki pants and a purple and gold shirt with an emblem of a star with a fist sewn in. Both were wearing high-top black and red Nike shoes. No other information on the suspects is available.’