This past Thursday, July 28 at around 11:00 PM, my wife decided she needed some stuff from Camby WalMart for a party we were planning the following day. I agreed to drive her there but I would wait out in the parking lot. I dropped her off at the front door and found a parking spot where I could watch for her to walk back outside when she was done.
As I was sitting in my car, watching the usual display of society coming and going, I saw something that just did not look right. A man came running out the door with a small child, maybe 5 years old, under his arm, like he was carrying a rolled up rug or something. He was running full speed out the front door and into the parking lot. The alarm went off in my head as I thought, what if this were a kidnapping, this is what it would look like, and, after all, people do sometimes try to snatch kids from places like WalMart. The kid was not crying or putting up a fight and nobody was following them.
This happened so quickly, but I decided I had to go do something. I had my .45 1911 with me and I thought to myself that I might have to stop a kidnapping, and I was the only one to do so. I started my car and moved over a couple rows to a position where I could block the guy's car in and hopefully hold him there until police would arrive. After parking in my new location, just behind his car, I thought about calling 911, but then thought that if it were a kidnapping, police would have been called. I decided instead to watch the front door of the store to see if there was any commotion. I also could see that the guy did not seem to be in a rush to load up the kid and get out of there. I did take a pen and write the plate number down on my hand, but ultimately decided that it was probably not a kidnapping and not to get involved. The guy never knew that I was watching him or was suspicious.
I was glad that it was nothing, but what if I was right in my suspicion? My plan was to block his car in, and get out and take cover behind my car to buy time until police could arrive. I figured the guy would get out of his car yelling at me for blocking him and maybe I could explain, from a defensive position why I had him blocked. I wold have keep my firearm holstered unless he came at me.
I am interested to know what you guys think and what I could have done better.
As I was sitting in my car, watching the usual display of society coming and going, I saw something that just did not look right. A man came running out the door with a small child, maybe 5 years old, under his arm, like he was carrying a rolled up rug or something. He was running full speed out the front door and into the parking lot. The alarm went off in my head as I thought, what if this were a kidnapping, this is what it would look like, and, after all, people do sometimes try to snatch kids from places like WalMart. The kid was not crying or putting up a fight and nobody was following them.
This happened so quickly, but I decided I had to go do something. I had my .45 1911 with me and I thought to myself that I might have to stop a kidnapping, and I was the only one to do so. I started my car and moved over a couple rows to a position where I could block the guy's car in and hopefully hold him there until police would arrive. After parking in my new location, just behind his car, I thought about calling 911, but then thought that if it were a kidnapping, police would have been called. I decided instead to watch the front door of the store to see if there was any commotion. I also could see that the guy did not seem to be in a rush to load up the kid and get out of there. I did take a pen and write the plate number down on my hand, but ultimately decided that it was probably not a kidnapping and not to get involved. The guy never knew that I was watching him or was suspicious.
I was glad that it was nothing, but what if I was right in my suspicion? My plan was to block his car in, and get out and take cover behind my car to buy time until police could arrive. I figured the guy would get out of his car yelling at me for blocking him and maybe I could explain, from a defensive position why I had him blocked. I wold have keep my firearm holstered unless he came at me.
I am interested to know what you guys think and what I could have done better.
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