A good reason to keep a gun in your car.

MJ5150 · #1 01-19-2010, 10:35 PM

One point for the pro-gun people....

California man shoots his way out of sinking SUV.

One point for the anti-cell phone people.

-Mike

chicago_mike · #2 01-19-2010, 10:38 PM

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!??!?!?!

Number27 · #3 01-19-2010, 10:46 PM

ha, i wonder if he used said firearm to "flag down" the passerby, heh heh

Jimmy Bones · #4 01-20-2010, 12:59 AM

I am both pro-arms and anti-cell phone. I approve of this strategy.

kserg · #5 01-20-2010, 01:25 AM

That's the only reason i am packing.

Jimmy Bones · #6 01-20-2010, 03:31 AM

For windows all steppin up in your biznis?

ZombieBRAINS!! · #7 01-20-2010, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Bones

For windows all steppin up in your biznis?

Word

MIJ-VI · #8 01-20-2010, 04:24 AM

Maybe he should've had his phone in a different pocket...

i_got_a_mohawk · #9 01-20-2010, 04:53 AM

Pfft, these guy's didn't need a gun to get out:

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/I...ter.5976625.jp

(tho granted, even if they were legal in this country, letting people that stupid have access to them would be too frightening!)

René_Julien · #10 01-20-2010, 04:56 AM

I will escape a sinking car by throwing my Nokia really hard at the window.

Asa Samuel · #11 01-20-2010, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk

Pfft, these guy's didn't need a gun to get out:

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/I...ter.5976625.jp

(tho granted, even if they were legal in this country, letting people that stupid have access to them would be too frightening!)

You weren't the older of the pair were you? Get a bit drunk and decide to have a drive out of the city?

i_got_a_mohawk · #12 01-20-2010, 05:37 AM

That's just how we roll up here

Asa Samuel · #13 01-20-2010, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk

That's just how we roll up here

The only way they could've made that story better is if they were driving this:

Truktek2 · #14 01-20-2010, 06:26 AM

Anyone who is so jittery that a cellphone startles him has no business having a gun. He's a security guard for the public no less. Good grief.

Steve · #15 01-20-2010, 08:52 AM

That guy really is disturbingly stupid.

Absentia · #16 01-20-2010, 08:57 AM

1000 points for the anti stupidity people
1 point to the pro sterilization people.

Let It Fall · #17 01-20-2010, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Truktek2

Anyone who is so jittery that a cellphone startles him has no business having a gun. He's a security guard for the public no less. Good grief.

the best you could do?

Pilgrim · #18 01-20-2010, 09:10 AM

"A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device...."

Yep, THAT'S the guy I want to be carrying a gun. Calm, cool, collected, definitely in command at all times. But he does get points for remembering that he had a firearm and that it could take the glass out quickly. I'll bet he couldn't hear anything for an hour after discharging a firearm inside a car - which is a small price to pay in this circumstance.

How deep is a "creek"? Where I come from, those are usually fairly shallow. It would be hilarious if he shot his way out when the car was standing upright in two feet of water. OTOH, if it was on its roof in two feet of water, definitely time to get out.

BTW - yes, I have a concealed weapons permit. No, I don't normally carry a firearm in the car or on my person - too inconvenient, too much additional responsibility, too easy for things to go wrong instead of right. I have 8 years of law enforcement experience to back up this judgment.

PS: as far as "Bright R'Us"...remember the story about two years ago concerning the idiot who turned his car left into a lake because his GPS told him to turn there? Maybe he's a relative.....

mike_v_s · #19 01-20-2010, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Pilgrim

"A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device...."

Yep, THAT'S the guy I want to be carrying a gun. Calm, cool, collected, definitely in command at all times. But he does get points for remembering that he had a firearm and that it could take the glass out quickly. I'll bet he couldn't hear anything for an hour after discharging a firearm inside a car - which is a small price to pay in this circumstance.

How deep is a "creek"? Where I come from, those are usually fairly shallow. It would be hilarious if he shot his way out when the car was standing upright in two feet of water. OTOH, if it was on its roof in two feet of water, definitely time to get out.

BTW - yes, I have a concealed weapons permit. No, I don't normally carry a firearm in the car or on my person - too inconvenient, too much additional responsibility, too easy for things to go wrong instead of right. I have 8 years of law enforcement experience to back up this judgment.

Sure, but how much hands-free cell phone device experience do you have? Huh?

Mike

Pilgrim · #20 01-20-2010, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mike_v_s

Sure, but how much hands-free cell phone device experience do you have? Huh?

Mike

I have one of these...BlueAnt ST-3 handsfree - clips on the sun visor - highly recommend it:

Next time I drive into a "creek" when it talks to me, I'll be sure to post about it!!