[Straight Vermonter]

Its important for parents to teach their children to not go with a stranger even at gunpoint. The criminal wants to move the crime scene because he can not do what he wants to do in public. There is no upside to going with the scumbag and very little chance that he is going to shoot in public.

There was a case, several years ago, of a man who did this to children all over northern New York and western Mass. He finally tried to force a young boy into his car and the boy refused and ran for help. Bystanders dragged the scumbag out of his car when he was stopped in traffic. He later confessed to the kidnap/murders.

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[PLK]

Its important for parents to teach their children to not go with a stranger even at gunpoint.

You are so right. I have told my kids for years to turn and run screaming from anyone who tries to get them to do something by pointing a gun or telling them they have a gun. Does anyone on FR remember the case of Jacob Wetterling? He was abducted while riding his bike with friends in his hometown in Minnesota. He was 13 at the time (I think, not sure); he should have got on his bike and rode like hell. He has never been seen again. What I tell my children is that there are some things worse than death.

[Arkinsaw]

Its important for parents to teach their children to not go with a stranger even at gunpoint.

I made this point to both my wife and kids. Better to take your chances in a public place. Its a chance either way...go with the odds.

When I worked fast food I always told my managers when I got hired that "I will never obey a robber if he tells me to go in the walk-in freezer. That will never happen." You might not get shot if you go in the walk-in freezer, but your odds of death are pretty high in there.