Those of you who know me, understand I'm a big fan of "Right to Carry". It is not possible for Law Enforcement to protect you every minute of every day. Not gonna happen. I'm also a believer in Lt. Dave Grossman's - Sheep, Sheepdogs, and Wolves. Below is a long email which was sent to Guy Minnis of Hard Target Firearms Training. This actually happened to my family and me earlier this year. I urge all of you to not completely let your guard down.
Scott Hurt
While driving back from Texas, we stopped in Arkansas to see the "Big Dam Bridge" which is the largest pedestrian bridge over a dam in the United States. We stopped at a gas station and Diana (wife) & Kendall (12 years old) stayed in the car. I grabbed my G36 45 cal with my Comp-tac inside the waistband holster and stuck it into my pants per usual anytime I get out of the car if I'm not already wearing my gun. While driving several hours at a time, it's not uncommon for me to take off the gun and put it next to my seat but anytime we stop it goes back onto my person. Anyway, on pulling into the gas station I observed two young black males leaning on a vehicle around 35 - 40 yards away. I put the credit card into the machine to start pumping gas and looked back at the two young men at which time I observed two white males in there middle to late 40's come from around the rear of the gas station. They looked rough ...... no bath, old clothes .... just rough. The first one made his way straight towards me while the second started circling me around the pump. By now I had the gas pumping on auto waiting for it to fill the car, so I turned completely towards the man walking towards me. I placed my strong hand on my gun, not drawing it but getting a good grip, while I held out my off hand in the stop position. He could not see my gun but you needed to be a retard not to know I had one. I said "stop right there" in a stern voice at which time he did stop around 7 yards from me. I then bladed my body to see the second man who had also stopped. The first man stated he and his brother needed my help at which time I stopped what he was saying and said "thats not gonna happen". The then replied something like your gonna help us but I stopped him and said "you don't want none of this fight buddy". Guy, he looked me up and down and then said ..... "your right". He yelled at the second guy to come on and they walked away. I shook for a little bit while the car finished filling up with gas. It took around five or six seconds for him to walk up and another three or four with the conversation for things to be over. Within ten seconds all of this took place. Thats not a very long time to figure things out. I got back into the car once I had finished filling the car with gas and Diana asked me what that was all about. We talked as a family for an hour in the car about why I ALWAYS carry a gun and how it's situations like this I'm able to keep our family safe. Guy, you must always be ready to some extent and it's a horrible shame you can't go on vacation and relax a bit but in this day and age you had better not completely let your guard down. As the first man approached if he had any type of weapon, I had decided on two shots to the body and one to the head in 2.40 - 2.50 seconds and then challenging the second person on my left if needed. I thought the first person must be put down for good the first time so I wouldn't have to deal with him later. It's scary. I'm 48 years old, been on the department 24 + years, and a pretty good shot with my Glocks but it still was un-nerving to me with my wife and daughter in the car. I'm confident he saw us as an easy target although I'm not sure what his intentions were. I had already made the decision that if he pulled any type of weapon it was "game on" because I could not let him get close enough to take my gun or hurt me, for the safety of my family. You know I'm not looking for trouble out of town like that but I'm also not going to lay down either and be a victim.
Enough ... I need to go but I hope this gives you some insight on what's going on with me the past three weeks. I'm also trying to do some yard stuff and with three acres it's a process! Life is busy right now. Oh .... I started making hand loads for my 308 bolt action rifle and loading rifle rounds sucks.
Your bud
Scott Hurt
While driving back from Texas, we stopped in Arkansas to see the "Big Dam Bridge" which is the largest pedestrian bridge over a dam in the United States. We stopped at a gas station and Diana (wife) & Kendall (12 years old) stayed in the car. I grabbed my G36 45 cal with my Comp-tac inside the waistband holster and stuck it into my pants per usual anytime I get out of the car if I'm not already wearing my gun. While driving several hours at a time, it's not uncommon for me to take off the gun and put it next to my seat but anytime we stop it goes back onto my person. Anyway, on pulling into the gas station I observed two young black males leaning on a vehicle around 35 - 40 yards away. I put the credit card into the machine to start pumping gas and looked back at the two young men at which time I observed two white males in there middle to late 40's come from around the rear of the gas station. They looked rough ...... no bath, old clothes .... just rough. The first one made his way straight towards me while the second started circling me around the pump. By now I had the gas pumping on auto waiting for it to fill the car, so I turned completely towards the man walking towards me. I placed my strong hand on my gun, not drawing it but getting a good grip, while I held out my off hand in the stop position. He could not see my gun but you needed to be a retard not to know I had one. I said "stop right there" in a stern voice at which time he did stop around 7 yards from me. I then bladed my body to see the second man who had also stopped. The first man stated he and his brother needed my help at which time I stopped what he was saying and said "thats not gonna happen". The then replied something like your gonna help us but I stopped him and said "you don't want none of this fight buddy". Guy, he looked me up and down and then said ..... "your right". He yelled at the second guy to come on and they walked away. I shook for a little bit while the car finished filling up with gas. It took around five or six seconds for him to walk up and another three or four with the conversation for things to be over. Within ten seconds all of this took place. Thats not a very long time to figure things out. I got back into the car once I had finished filling the car with gas and Diana asked me what that was all about. We talked as a family for an hour in the car about why I ALWAYS carry a gun and how it's situations like this I'm able to keep our family safe. Guy, you must always be ready to some extent and it's a horrible shame you can't go on vacation and relax a bit but in this day and age you had better not completely let your guard down. As the first man approached if he had any type of weapon, I had decided on two shots to the body and one to the head in 2.40 - 2.50 seconds and then challenging the second person on my left if needed. I thought the first person must be put down for good the first time so I wouldn't have to deal with him later. It's scary. I'm 48 years old, been on the department 24 + years, and a pretty good shot with my Glocks but it still was un-nerving to me with my wife and daughter in the car. I'm confident he saw us as an easy target although I'm not sure what his intentions were. I had already made the decision that if he pulled any type of weapon it was "game on" because I could not let him get close enough to take my gun or hurt me, for the safety of my family. You know I'm not looking for trouble out of town like that but I'm also not going to lay down either and be a victim.
Enough ... I need to go but I hope this gives you some insight on what's going on with me the past three weeks. I'm also trying to do some yard stuff and with three acres it's a process! Life is busy right now. Oh .... I started making hand loads for my 308 bolt action rifle and loading rifle rounds sucks.
Your bud
