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<blockquote data-quote="gerhard1" data-source="post: 3258521" data-attributes="member: 5391"><p>One time many many moons ago when I lived in Seattle, I had walked into the grocery store that I shopped at, and found out that it had just been robbed. When I got done at the grocery, I dropped by my gunsmith, and he gave me some of the soundest advice that I have ever gotten. I asked what I should do if that ever happened while I was in the store and he said that unless shots were fired or we were told to lie on the floor, or were being herded into the back room he'd do nothing. The money is insured and nobody gets hurt. If shots were fired, or we were being made to go in the back room, then he'd do something, because the chances were good that we would die.</p><p></p><p>That was more than 40 years ago, and that advice has stuck with me ever since.</p><p></p><p>What that savvy old gunsmith taught me was the value of restraint.</p><p></p><p>I don't carry my S&W to be a white knight, or look for opportunities to fight evildoers; I carry it in the event that I am caught in a situation through no fault of my own, where its' use becomes necessary to save my, or my family's life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gerhard1, post: 3258521, member: 5391"] One time many many moons ago when I lived in Seattle, I had walked into the grocery store that I shopped at, and found out that it had just been robbed. When I got done at the grocery, I dropped by my gunsmith, and he gave me some of the soundest advice that I have ever gotten. I asked what I should do if that ever happened while I was in the store and he said that unless shots were fired or we were told to lie on the floor, or were being herded into the back room he'd do nothing. The money is insured and nobody gets hurt. If shots were fired, or we were being made to go in the back room, then he'd do something, because the chances were good that we would die. That was more than 40 years ago, and that advice has stuck with me ever since. What that savvy old gunsmith taught me was the value of restraint. I don't carry my S&W to be a white knight, or look for opportunities to fight evildoers; I carry it in the event that I am caught in a situation through no fault of my own, where its' use becomes necessary to save my, or my family's life. [/QUOTE]
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