Posted on 06/05/2014 6:22:07 AM PDT by HammerT
Here is the video description,
MTB ride on Saturday 31st May 2014 from Ongegund, last few km’s before end of session. Armed gunman and 2 others stopped myself and took cellphone, car keys, oakleys and bike.
Fortunately they did not have a clue what a GOPRO was and this is the evidence that will assist in their procecution!
While this incident ended up OK for the victim (well, he wasn’t shot anyway), this could have gone bad very quickly and he would have had no way to defend himself.
MTB Gunpoint Robbery in Somerset West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ECs8ZrmH8D8
UPDATE: According to one international report, the suspects in the video have already been caught thanks to the video evidence.
Occasionally we have to look at stories which did not result in a defensive gun use to remind ourselves why we carry.
In this case, a mountain biker was robbed at gunpoint by several individuals while out riding his bike on a trail in South Africa (I’m pretty sure it’s SA anyway).
(Excerpt) Read more at gunssavelives.net ...
Absolutely!
So what’s a bigger issue these days:
An overreaching and oppressive socialist government, Terrorism from the Islamo fascists, Iran building Nuclear weapons, Trillions in debt, Our money being devalued by ‘quantitative easing’, the coming crash of the economy, Afghanistan reverting to a terrorist haven, Red China and Russia on the march, Obamacare destroying freedom and bankrupting the country, etc…
OR
Nitpicking the Grammar of a news story?
Just checking, are you under the impression that I want to deal with irrelevant strawmen?
The point is that a robbery took place and that sometimes you need the Commonsense civil right of Armed Self-defense [CASD].
“You carry a gun to go mountain biking? In America?”
I suppose it depends on where you do your biking. Some places in the back country are home to bears and mountain lions. They will eat you.
You pull that $#!% with John Houseman on a lonely bike trail and you’re taking a bullet, guaranteed.
“Carry where you KNOW, through practice, that you can get to it from a riding position.”
what do you think?
lol
What did you mean by this statement:
G Larry: You’d better have answers to both, before pronouncing carrying as your solution.
That sounds like you are against carrying. Is that the case?
If you check the news online, this mountain biker story is only carried by weak sources. Not saying it didn't happen...just saying.
Who does that tanned redistributionist think he is - Obama?
Have you seen this one? Bunch of lowlifes rob a woman killed in a car accident while her injured children are still in the car...
There is NO contradiction!!
I CCW, but I’m responsible enough to change how and where depeding on the situation.
And if you don’t consider that, and practice, you’re gonna have a problem.
That may be so, but it gets pretty serious when the criminal courts get involved.
G Larry: You’d better have answers to both, before pronouncing carrying as your solution.
That sounds like you are against carrying. Is that the case?
Tunnel vision? He was conducting armed robbery and was locked on his target mental images of routine loot, and where it is kept on the person, and the details of the head of the victim just wasn't registering?
There is NO contradiction!!
I CCW, but I’m responsible enough to change how and where depeding on the situation.
And if you don’t consider that, and practice, you’re gonna have a problem.
Yep. Operating on cruise control—which is probably best for such operations (unless you are being filmed).
I CCW
Very good - then try to not sound like you are against the practice
And please answer the question you DEMANDED that I answer:
You’d better have answers to both, before pronouncing carrying as your solution.
Don’t lecture me you clod!
I’m stressing the importance of THINKING ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION!
You can’t just strap on the same way for every situation, and if you don’t think about that and practice ahead of time, you’re not doing yourself any favors.
Don’t lecture me you clod!
Funny you should say that since You were the one who started the practice in the first place.
Can you even answer you own question or are you the type of can dish is out but can’t take it?
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