Guy threatened to shoot me today.

Johnnyguitarwatson

2nd death threat in 6 months... what is it about low life criminals... Why hate on the working man ? I'm simply sitting in my work van. anyone else have any close calls ? i mean this f'n guy was reaching for his gun ... I pulled off fast as hell. just ranting... Shit just start sinking in.

Gary Carter

I blame #OWS

Glad ure ok

81

:shock:

i've had a couple of crazy calls thru the years, but no guns....thankfully

be safe out there

norm

i've only had a gun pointed at me once...it was late one night and i was setting up computers for the non-profit my sister was starting and it was at an abandoned school but the district still owned it and apparently still had security patrol it...so i'm working on a computer, it's about 10:30 in this huge hanger-like building...out of the corner of my eye i see some movement and get the feeling i'm being watched...i turn and a security guard is pointing his glock at me...that is something i never want to see again

conman

i was drinking with my buddies behind the local stores when i was a teenager and we were being loud and rowdy and we turn around and there are two cops, one of them with his gun drawn..... :wtf: we were teenagers

81

conman wrote:

i was drinking with my buddies behind the local stores when i was a teenager and we were being loud and rowdy and we turn around and there are two cops, one of them with his gun drawn..... :wtf: we were teenagers

if there is anything that i have learned in my time in IL....cops suck

:x

DS1119

I got into a bar fight around 1994. Turnd into a brawl actually. It continued outside and this one guy I was tangled up with pulled away from me and lifted his shirt and pulled a gun out of his waistband. I saw the gun and then got pepper sprayed in the eyes...in hindsight I'm glad I didn't have the upper hand on the guy with the gun. I might not be here.

GivenToLukinKP

Glad you are okay!!
I had a gun pulled on me once...

I was 18 and running the customer service desk at a big store. After close, we had to take all the cash bags to the clear other end of the store, up a flight of stairs and into the office to go in the vault.
There was a landing at the top of the stairs. A dude was waiting there for us, in a mask from the movie "scream" with a gun. He put us in the floor face down. I remember him yelling at us and the back of my head feeling hot and warm...i was freaking out inside so bad i thought i got shot. My entire body was all tingly...I laid there for several minutes to make sure he was gone before I could move. The police came, shit tons of them. They made me crawl out of a window because the store was so massive they didn't know if the guy was still in there.

One of the most scary things I ever went through.
I stayed up the entire night at Denny's with my manager cuz we were both so fucked up.

I got out of retail not too long after that. I'm a pretty tough girl, but that fucked my brain for a while.

brother123

Once, not fun

DS1119

GivenToLukinKP wrote:

Glad you are okay!!
I had a gun pulled on me once...

I was 18 and running the customer service desk at a big store. After close, we had to take all the cash bags to the clear other end of the store, up a flight of stairs and into the office to go in the vault.
There was a landing at the top of the stairs. A dude was waiting there for us, in a mask from the movie "scream" with a gun. He put us in the floor face down. I remember him yelling at us and the back of my head feeling hot and warm...i was freaking out inside so bad i thought i got shot. My entire body was all tingly...I laid there for several minutes to make sure he was gone before I could move. The police came, shit tons of them. They made me crawl out of a window because the store was so massive they didn't know if the guy was still in there.

One of the most scary things I ever went through.
I stayed up the entire night at Denny's with my manager cuz we were both so fucked up.

I got out of retail not too long after that. I'm a pretty tough girl, but that fucked my brain for a while.

That's one hell of a story! :(

pjfan31

I had a guy come up to me with a broken bottle saying he wanted to stab someone... That was scary....

Johnnyguitarwatson

I have a license to carry but never really thought I'd take the next step in buying a gun. Yesterday changed my mind.

StevieG

Good idea, everyone should carry a gun. Then you can pull them on each other. :roll: Glad I live in Canada where guns are not a problem!!

brianlux

Good Lord, friends!! These are frightening stories, all. My thoughts go out to you all!

When I worked as a sub for a few years I had to deal with some aggressive kids- one smashed my face with a basket ball, another threw fire crackers at me and a few others threatened me. Another time a kid in a dorm I worked at kept me backed up to a wall. He had a big nail taped to a broom handle and kept the point of the nail at my throat for several minutes while I shit bricks and sweated while talking him down. Another dorm kid that looked like a young Mohammed Ali came after me and I had to lock myself in my office. I had given him a nine instead of a ten on his room inspection. The worst thing that happened to me was an explosion of hydrogen and oxygen gasses a kid ignited that did in my hearing but that was an accident and he was a good kid. When I worked with kids I was very popular with a lot of them and was requested for work frequently them but there are some kids who seem to hate all adults. It's sad.

The only time I can remember being attacked by an adult was when I lived in a trailer court and a neighbor got mad because my dog got loose and got in his yard so he cornered me in the laundry room with a blade out, threatening to gut me. I managed to talk him out of it. I'm guessing he was abused as a kid.

eeriepadave

WOW, did you call the cops or anything? Glad nothing happened.

stargirl69

StevieG wrote:

Good idea, everyone should carry a gun. Then you can pull them on each other. :roll: Glad I live in Canada where guns are not a problem!!

^^^^^ +1 ^^^^^

But some damn scary stories here,glad it wasn't worse and you are all ok.

I am grateful for not living in a gun crazy country. :?

Bronx Bombers

Cop put a gun to my head once, ran a red light and unknown to me he was following us for a few miles after, just never looked back in the mirror. I actually pushed the gun away with my hand and said whoa buddy he didn't like that too much

Johnnyguitarwatson

brianlux wrote:

Good Lord, friends!! These are frightening stories, all. My thoughts go out to you all!

When I worked as a sub for a few years I had to deal with some aggressive kids- one smashed my face with a basket ball, another threw fire crackers at me and a few others threatened me. Another time a kid in a dorm I worked at kept me backed up to a wall. He had a big nail taped to a broom handle and kept the point of the nail at my throat for several minutes while I shit bricks and sweated while talking him down. Another dorm kid that looked like a young Mohammed Ali came after me and I had to lock myself in my office. I had given him a nine instead of a ten on his room inspection. The worst thing that happened to me was an explosion of hydrogen and oxygen gasses a kid ignited that did in my hearing but that was an accident and he was a good kid. When I worked with kids I was very popular with a lot of them and was requested for work frequently them but there are some kids who seem to hate all adults. It's sad.

The only time I can remember being attacked by an adult was when I lived in a trailer court and a neighbor got mad because my dog got loose and got in his yard so he cornered me in the laundry room with a blade out, threatening to gut me. I managed to talk him out of it. I'm guessing he was abused as a kid.

Damn man, you've been through hell it sounds like ... That school sounds like a prison. Glad you made it through that. All of that other stuff about thankful to live and Canada and USA being gun crazy ... It's just the people that are crazy. Who knows though

Wilds

I might have told this story before, but it is worth telling again.

Had a room mate who was mugged while stopped at a stop sign on an empty street going down a large hill.

The guy pulled a gun on her and demanded all her cash. She of course gave it to him.

He began to run down the hill at which point she hit the gas and ran him down.

She doesn't know the outcome, but that guy didn't make out well in that deal.

iamica

Wilds wrote:

I might have told this story before, but it is worth telling again.

Had a room mate who was mugged while stopped at a stop sign on an empty street going down a large hill.

The guy pulled a gun on her and demanded all her cash. She of course gave it to him.

He began to run down the hill at which point she hit the gas and ran him down.

She doesn't know the outcome, but that guy didn't make out well in that deal.

:shock:

VinylGirl

2nd in 6 months? Geez.
Glad you're okay.

VinylGirl

GivenToLukinKP wrote:

Glad you are okay!!
I had a gun pulled on me once...

I was 18 and running the customer service desk at a big store. After close, we had to take all the cash bags to the clear other end of the store, up a flight of stairs and into the office to go in the vault.
There was a landing at the top of the stairs. A dude was waiting there for us, in a mask from the movie "scream" with a gun. He put us in the floor face down. I remember him yelling at us and the back of my head feeling hot and warm...i was freaking out inside so bad i thought i got shot. My entire body was all tingly...I laid there for several minutes to make sure he was gone before I could move. The police came, shit tons of them. They made me crawl out of a window because the store was so massive they didn't know if the guy was still in there.

One of the most scary things I ever went through.
I stayed up the entire night at Denny's with my manager cuz we were both so fucked

I got out of retail not too long after that. I'm a pretty tough girl, but that fucked my brain for a while.

Holy crap!! That must have traumatized you for a long time.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Wilds wrote:

I might have told this story before, but it is worth telling again.

Had a room mate who was mugged while stopped at a stop sign on an empty street going down a large hill.

The guy pulled a gun on her and demanded all her cash. She of course gave it to him.

He began to run down the hill at which point she hit the gas and ran him down.

She doesn't know the outcome, but that guy didn't make out well in that deal.

did she drive off?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

2nd death threat in 6 months... what is it about low life criminals... Why hate on the working man ? I'm simply sitting in my work van. anyone else have any close calls ? i mean this f'n guy was reaching for his gun ... I pulled off fast as hell. just ranting... Shit just start sinking in.

why did he do this?

Claireack

Good grief. I'm so glad I live here.

GivenToLukinKP

VinylGirl wrote:

GivenToLukinKP wrote:

Glad you are okay!!
I had a gun pulled on me once...

I was 18 and running the customer service desk at a big store. After close, we had to take all the cash bags to the clear other end of the store, up a flight of stairs and into the office to go in the vault.
There was a landing at the top of the stairs. A dude was waiting there for us, in a mask from the movie "scream" with a gun. He put us in the floor face down. I remember him yelling at us and the back of my head feeling hot and warm...i was freaking out inside so bad i thought i got shot. My entire body was all tingly...I laid there for several minutes to make sure he was gone before I could move. The police came, shit tons of them. They made me crawl out of a window because the store was so massive they didn't know if the guy was still in there.

One of the most scary things I ever went through.
I stayed up the entire night at Denny's with my manager cuz we were both so fucked

I got out of retail not too long after that. I'm a pretty tough girl, but that fucked my brain for a while.

Holy crap!! That must have traumatized you for a long time.

Nah...not too bad. I still think about it whenever I see the guy from "Scream", but it doesn't haunt me or anything. Dude wanted money, he got it and left me in one piece. That was comfort enough after a week or so of being freaked.

brianlux

GivenToLukinKP wrote:

VinylGirl wrote:

GivenToLukinKP wrote:

Glad you are okay!!
I had a gun pulled on me once...

I was 18 and running the customer service desk at a big store. After close, we had to take all the cash bags to the clear other end of the store, up a flight of stairs and into the office to go in the vault.
There was a landing at the top of the stairs. A dude was waiting there for us, in a mask from the movie "scream" with a gun. He put us in the floor face down. I remember him yelling at us and the back of my head feeling hot and warm...i was freaking out inside so bad i thought i got shot. My entire body was all tingly...I laid there for several minutes to make sure he was gone before I could move. The police came, shit tons of them. They made me crawl out of a window because the store was so massive they didn't know if the guy was still in there.

One of the most scary things I ever went through.
I stayed up the entire night at Denny's with my manager cuz we were both so fucked

I got out of retail not too long after that. I'm a pretty tough girl, but that fucked my brain for a while.

Holy crap!! That must have traumatized you for a long time.

Nah...not too bad. I still think about it whenever I see the guy from "Scream", but it doesn't haunt me or anything. Dude wanted money, he got it and left me in one piece. That was comfort enough after a week or so of being freaked.

Wow :shock: That should never happen to anyone, especially someone with as big a heart as yours! Glad your ok , KP!!