When I was a business owner with a wholesale base for cellular products and a retail store front
Someone attempted to rob me at gun point. I exited the rear of the store which is in a back alley way
in a downtown metro urban city when 3 kids (17 or 18 yrs old) approach me. I recognized that I had
just sold one a car adaptor and he said that it didnt work. I told him no problem I would refund or
exchange tomorrow. The kid said no, but I'll take your bank deposit now, and pulled out a small
22ca. pistol. Now understand, I am really good at sizing someone up and realized he was just as nervous
as I was. I told him, hold on, dont be startled, I want to show you something really important. I reached
in my wastebelt and pulled out my beretta 9mm (in a harmless way) and explained,
"if you shoot me, it will really piss me off and it will sting like a son of a gun, I am going to shoot you back and you will die". I told him to think about it, I told him that he has a chance to walk away and come back tomorrow with the adaptor to get his money back and I'll act like this will never happen.
He was sweating at this point, his friends were pulling at his arms saying "lets go", he said "I'm really sorry, I knew I shouldnt have done this" and walked away. He never did come back into the store & I've never seen him again.
I dont think I would ever do that again, I would hand over the money and not show them I have a gun.
It was a really stupid thing for me to do but like I said, I can determine what someone is thinking very
fast.