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Offline hblair

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« on: April 16, 2002, 09:53:14 AM »
I was at the firing range the other day, when I had a lil dejavu. I pulled up and there were some guys there with a .22 pistol shooting at something. The pop/whizz sound the .22 pistol made reminded me of a lil incident that happened when I was about 17.

My brother, a friend (Scott) and I were out riding a jeep on a saturday afternoon. For some reason, another friend of ours was mad at the guy we were riding with. We passed him on the road, and he motioned for us to pull over. Well, our friends got into a fist fight right there in the road. I don't even remember what it was over. Anyway, right as they started throwing punches, some guy (big fella) runs up from a nearby house and tackles Scott and starts beating the mess out of him. Well, after a minute, my bro and I see that Scotts gonna get beaten silly if we don't do something. So we try to seperate them. The psycho guy will have none of that, so I pop him in the head. He let go, and walked back to his yard. We're gathering ourselves up getting back in the jeep, when I look back and psycho dude has a pistol pointed straight at me from about 50 yards away. He fires it 4 or 5 times. I can hear the .22 bullets whiz by. Skeeert the crap outa me. I thought I was gonna take one in the noggin. :eek:

We got outa there. That's the only time I've ever been shot at. Icouldn't imagine what combat would be like, being shot with something of a deadly caliber.

Anybody else been shot at? :)

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« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2002, 09:57:12 AM »
Had a gun pulled on me 4 times and shot at twice (on purpose).  If you want the readers digest version of the 2 times a bullet came at me, just hollar.

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1972:
I was 12 and neighbor kid (our nearest neighbor on the farm was 1/2 mile away) was 11.  We had a fight, I rode off on my bicycle, when I got to the end of his 1/4 mile driveway, I heard and felt a quick "clang" and then a sharp .22 report.  By the time I realized what had happened, I was going downhill, still wondering what the sound was..a few days later I saw the bullet deep dent in my bike frame, bullet would have passed thru my leg if my timing had been off.

1986:
Off work early with 4 cocktail watresses at a local bar, a drunk guy is harassing everyone in the restaurant..I go up to get drinks at the bar, and overhear two other guys talking about taking care of this guy (beating him up) and I shrug, get my drinks, sit down.  The drunk guy makes his way over to our table and I politely warn him that he'd probably better chill, there's a couple folks in here that are planning on beating ya up (Note to self, never try to reason or warn drunks).  He thinks I want a piece of him. Well, I'm twice his size and I mearly say in a few words or less "Go away, your not worth my time"

30 min later, my GF and I leave (rest of off-duty waitress left too) and we file out into the parking lot, I get in my car with GF, another car pulls up behind me and blocks me off, I see its my little drunk friend!  Now Im pissed.  I get out, take my jacket off (Clear indication of hostilities to follow) then walk up to his car window.  He rolls it down and pulls what I believe was a .32 on me (judging by the end of the barrel I was faced with) and fires a shot. Thinking I'd been shot in the face (actually it was powder burns on the side my face, he *just* missed) I ran towards the back of his car trying to escape, looking back over my shoulder to see if he's going to follow.  He mearly points the gun over his should wildly aiming to the back of the car where I am fleeing and fires another shot, then takes off.

The bartendar at this restaurant knows the guy from highschool, but we don't call the police because we're, well, under the influence of illegal drugs. :)  But, I do get the guys phone number and stalked him for about a month, but thats another story of "going over the deep edge when someone shoots at you and doesn't kill you" :eek: :cool:

« Last Edit: April 16, 2002, 10:10:03 AM by Ripsnort »

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« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2002, 10:02:13 AM »
Been shot at several times.

Been hit once.

The funny thing about that one hit... it happened at home from an accidental discharge.  I'll post the full story later (maybe :D )

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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2002, 10:03:17 AM »
Spill it caveman. I gotta hear this one. :)

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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2002, 10:06:27 AM »
Been shot at while in the jungle... don't know who in the group they were aiming for... but he didn't hit anyone.  Large calibre weapons fired in your direction... not a single person soiled themselves.  I was suprised.

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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2002, 10:21:15 AM »
Never been shot at but I did shoot someone.
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2002, 11:43:22 AM »
I havent been shot at directly, but does a group of 200 insurgents spraying lead in my general direction count?

I've also "missed" a car bomb by a block.. walked past it, 1 block later POW. Shockwave almost knocked me down.

And theres nothing like taking cover behind an army tank (well you gringos would call it an infantry fighting vehicle.. we call them tanquetas) as it shoots at the guerrillas 2 blocks away (same day as #1).. and hear the "thud thud" of their bullets hitting the tank on the opposite side. And then the fuggin tank moves and my friends and I had to run like chickenshit to a car that was 15 meters away.

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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2002, 11:52:01 AM »
Been shot at by a BMP 2, pissed us off, had too put my book down and load a 120mm.

 End of story

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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2002, 12:00:08 PM »
I wont claim that being shot at by a rifle will not unnerve you.  But, being shot at by things that explode (mortars, b-40 rockets, artillery)  is much worse. Just guessing about the artillery,BTW.  Never had one of those shot at me.

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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2002, 12:23:57 PM »
Do cruise missiles count?

ps. Hblair, you were lucky...  .22 can be a very lethal caliber if it hits you.
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2002, 01:21:18 PM »
I've had guns pulled on me several times, been shot at three times. It's not fun......... Nothing can piss you off more than being shot at.

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« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2002, 01:46:09 PM »
Been shot at. Been hit. Didn't enjoy either experiance. It ain't fun either way. Was lucky enough to not have to shoot anyone in my career.
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« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2002, 02:01:03 PM »
If a .22 penetrates into your skull, often times it will just rattle around inside like pac man.

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« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2002, 03:05:32 PM »
Well I had an AK-47 leveled at me, but not fired though...Thank God.

There is a story that goes along with that, maybe later.

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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2002, 03:17:48 PM »
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Been shot at by a BMP 2, pissed us off, had too put my book down and load a 120mm.


Can you elaborate on your story please?