SA-- It's beginning to work~!!

snuffysmith · 09-29-2007, 10:34 AM

I've been training myself to check stores, etc. before I enter to see if they are posted no guns or not for some time now. Also, I've been working to increase my situational awareness everywhere I go with moderate success, I believe.
This morning, I was standing in line at the Pharmacy in WM; there was an older fellow ahead of me with a Marine baseball cap on and his shirt out(like mine). Without realizing it, I began checking him out(no snickers plse) to see if he was printing or not to determe whether or not He was carrying.
When I realized I was doing it, I gave myself an atta-boy cause the things I've learned here must have sunk in to a degree.
I realized that I need to increase my tempo of training so that it is automatic, all the time.
Anyone else getting some OJT from themselves out there?

Snuffy

A-10 · 09-29-2007, 11:36 AM

I get lazy some times, but for the most part, I can maintain situational awareness wherever I am.

Triggerjerk · 09-29-2007, 12:53 PM

I try to stay aware, but there are a lot of distractions in life. You walk along thinking about the errands that you need to accomplish, what's waiting for you at home when you come home with "Another .38 Revolver!?" etc. Easy for a bad guy to sneak up on you. Situational awareness is not as necessary as it was on the frontier, with desperados and hostile tribes looking to lift your guns and horse. 'Course there are carjackers...

DrBoomBoom · 09-30-2007, 12:30 PM

A few months ago, I pulled into an ATM. I noticed in the mirror, a car pulling across the dark parking lot behind me. The car was an older model, looked like there were four guys in it. In order to approach me from behind, it had to pull out of sight to get through a fence. Once it was out of sight, I left of the ATM and drove around the bank slowly. As I turned the corner I saw the car rolling up to the ATM, so I drove in quickly behind it with my lights out, drew my weapon, but kept it out of sight, then lit them up. Four heads snapped around and their eyes got big. They drove quickly out and down the street. I went back to the ATM and got a twenty for some fast food.

After eating, as I was walking out of the Taco Bell, I congratulated myself on my keen awareness and perception. Then I wondered why the door lock on my car was giving me trouble, when I realized...I was at the wrong car.

ezearln · 09-30-2007, 01:40 PM

Taco Bell???

Icky, but whatever floats yer boat I spose LOL. Good work on being aware of your surroundings, you in all likelyhood saved yourself from a potentionally fatal confrontation. But being aware and remembering the make and model of ones own car isn't always possible when we are patting ourselves on the back LOL

GoodAim · 10-20-2007, 10:57 PM

I have seen and stopped several people in my life. I was a store clerk at local gas station when I was 18. I had a real life introduction to what people will really try to get away with. I learned then not to let my guard down ever!!

gunney_m · 10-20-2007, 11:01 PM

Yep, im nodding in agreement.

Tex in Maine · 10-20-2007, 11:21 PM

DrBoomBoom..yes it was good that you were aware of a possible deadly situation, but what followed, from everything I have been taught, was completly wrong. ater reconizing the situation you should have removed yourself from that situation and reported your concerns to local authority, but by returning and placing yourself back into that situation, you not only jepordized yourself physically but possible leagally as well. I.m happy everything turned out well, but if it were me that is not how I would have handled it, I would have got as much info as possible and called PD and told them I thought somebody may be staking out the ATM.

09-29-2007, 10:34 AM	#1
snuffysmith Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: central Arkansas Posts: 562	SA-- It's beginning to work~!! I've been training myself to check stores, etc. before I enter to see if they are posted no guns or not for some time now. Also, I've been working to increase my situational awareness everywhere I go with moderate success, I believe. This morning, I was standing in line at the Pharmacy in WM; there was an older fellow ahead of me with a Marine baseball cap on and his shirt out(like mine). Without realizing it, I began checking him out(no snickers plse) to see if he was printing or not to determe whether or not He was carrying. When I realized I was doing it, I gave myself an atta-boy cause the things I've learned here must have sunk in to a degree. I realized that I need to increase my tempo of training so that it is automatic, all the time. Anyone else getting some OJT from themselves out there? Snuffy __________________ time & weather changes everything

09-29-2007, 11:36 AM	#2
A-10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 732	I get lazy some times, but for the most part, I can maintain situational awareness wherever I am. __________________ If there's nothing worth dying for, there's nothing worth living for.

09-29-2007, 12:53 PM	#3
Triggerjerk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 978	I try to stay aware, but there are a lot of distractions in life. You walk along thinking about the errands that you need to accomplish, what's waiting for you at home when you come home with "Another .38 Revolver!?" etc. Easy for a bad guy to sneak up on you. Situational awareness is not as necessary as it was on the frontier, with desperados and hostile tribes looking to lift your guns and horse. 'Course there are carjackers... __________________ We old dogs can learn new tricks. We just may not like performng them. TJ

09-30-2007, 12:30 PM	#4
DrBoomBoom Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 93	A few months ago, I pulled into an ATM. I noticed in the mirror, a car pulling across the dark parking lot behind me. The car was an older model, looked like there were four guys in it. In order to approach me from behind, it had to pull out of sight to get through a fence. Once it was out of sight, I left of the ATM and drove around the bank slowly. As I turned the corner I saw the car rolling up to the ATM, so I drove in quickly behind it with my lights out, drew my weapon, but kept it out of sight, then lit them up. Four heads snapped around and their eyes got big. They drove quickly out and down the street. I went back to the ATM and got a twenty for some fast food. After eating, as I was walking out of the Taco Bell, I congratulated myself on my keen awareness and perception. Then I wondered why the door lock on my car was giving me trouble, when I realized...I was at the wrong car. __________________ NRA member Gun rights voter Moderator at Pro Guns forum

09-30-2007, 01:40 PM	#5
ezearln Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 3,175	Taco Bell??? Icky, but whatever floats yer boat I spose LOL. Good work on being aware of your surroundings, you in all likelyhood saved yourself from a potentionally fatal confrontation. But being aware and remembering the make and model of ones own car isn't always possible when we are patting ourselves on the back LOL __________________ "You can have my Freedom when I'm done with it!"

10-20-2007, 10:57 PM	#6
GoodAim Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Beaumont Tx Posts: 383	I have seen and stopped several people in my life. I was a store clerk at local gas station when I was 18. I had a real life introduction to what people will really try to get away with. I learned then not to let my guard down ever!! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Power is useless with out Direction.

10-20-2007, 11:01 PM	#7
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Yep, im nodding in agreement.

10-20-2007, 11:21 PM	#8
Tex in Maine Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norway, Maine Posts: 235	DrBoomBoom..yes it was good that you were aware of a possible deadly situation, but what followed, from everything I have been taught, was completly wrong. ater reconizing the situation you should have removed yourself from that situation and reported your concerns to local authority, but by returning and placing yourself back into that situation, you not only jepordized yourself physically but possible leagally as well. I.m happy everything turned out well, but if it were me that is not how I would have handled it, I would have got as much info as possible and called PD and told them I thought somebody may be staking out the ATM. __________________ Man's Prayer: Oh Lord I'm a man, but I can change... if I have to...I guess.