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Originally Posted by dogface
This was painfull. Thank you.
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Well, I didn't MEAN for it to be painfull, and still don't see how it WAS. Like I said, I was just havin' some fun.
I agree with you about how a mis-aimed shot could cause collateral damage. And that could be damaging to one's career AND their emotional state. Things are "tight" in a truckstop!
I've never been accosted in my sleeper by Billy Bob crackhead, who somehow picked the LOCK on my door, but if I had, I would think that Buster could keep him busy long enough for me to come out of the bunk and kick his AZZ right through the windshield!
I'm not a violent man, but I will NOT be abused. IF the perp had a gun, I don't believe for one minute that I will have time to get to mine in time to shoot him. I'm going to try something else.... and QUICK!
Most people that have a gun while accosting you are overconfident. They don't expect that you will do something irrational like GRAB them, or KICK them. Assuming you HEAR them entering your truck, you (as a driver) will KNOW that they are struggling to find a handhold to pull themselves up into the truck. This is when they are vulnerable. They can't possibly be pointing the gun at you while struggling to get UP and INTO a CMV!
I suggest you don't "lead" with your HEAD! They MIGHT get an errant shot off. Whatever you do, don't back up and let them get IN the truck! I think a right leg "roundhouse" (is that the right term?) would catch him full in the face as he was trying to climb up, (and is easy to do from the bunk/cab opening) and put him flat on his back on the ground! After that, you're on your own. But, I would haul azz out the passenger door and roll under at least two trailers before getting up and running like HECK!
OR you could stand there and have a shoot out! You might WIN.... but, then you'll have to go to court to defend yourself on a murder charge. Sure, you might prove that he was IN your truck, but what if you lost? Jail time.