Monday, May 10, 2004
Cost benefit analysis of owning a shotgun |12:48 PM| Vorpal's brother(D2) and the brother's girlfriend are living in the apartment that Vorpal vacated. Two Fridays ago, D2 heard a loud crash, and when he looked out his window he saw a woman being dragged kicking and screaming to a nearby car. D2 and his girlfriend rushed outside, and said girlfriend proceeded to jump onto the woman to prevent her from being abducted. D2 turned to see the apartment door beneath his had been kicked or otherwise battered in, just as another man exited. This new guy told D2 to "Go back to your apartment." When D2 asked what the hell was going on, the man pulled a gun and repeated "Go back to your apartment". D2 backed off, and his girlfriend had been kicked off the woman, so they retreated to their apartment. They got the car's plate number and called 911.
From what I'm told, the two kidnappers were friends of the woman's estranged ex-husband. Later that weekend said husband shot her, and then himself.
D2's girlfriend impressed the hell out of me, and Vorpal. We have a very good friend in the local police department, and he spoke with the homicide detectives about this whole mess, and they were quoted as saying "That girl had some major balls."
I don't know how to react to this story, and I don't know how it will all work out. D2 and his girlfriend gave their statements at the police station, and I'm sure will be involved in the court case.
I had dismissed the idea of purchasing a gun of any kind in the short term, I just didn't see the cost and risk of it outweighing the potential benefits. While I don't expect anything approaching what happened to D2, if a second gun had been involved, what sort of difference would it have made?
Cost benefit analysis of owning a shotgun |12:48 PM| Vorpal's brother(D2) and the brother's girlfriend are living in the apartment that Vorpal vacated. Two Fridays ago, D2 heard a loud crash, and when he looked out his window he saw a woman being dragged kicking and screaming to a nearby car. D2 and his girlfriend rushed outside, and said girlfriend proceeded to jump onto the woman to prevent her from being abducted. D2 turned to see the apartment door beneath his had been kicked or otherwise battered in, just as another man exited. This new guy told D2 to "Go back to your apartment." When D2 asked what the hell was going on, the man pulled a gun and repeated "Go back to your apartment". D2 backed off, and his girlfriend had been kicked off the woman, so they retreated to their apartment. They got the car's plate number and called 911.
From what I'm told, the two kidnappers were friends of the woman's estranged ex-husband. Later that weekend said husband shot her, and then himself.
D2's girlfriend impressed the hell out of me, and Vorpal. We have a very good friend in the local police department, and he spoke with the homicide detectives about this whole mess, and they were quoted as saying "That girl had some major balls."
I don't know how to react to this story, and I don't know how it will all work out. D2 and his girlfriend gave their statements at the police station, and I'm sure will be involved in the court case.
I had dismissed the idea of purchasing a gun of any kind in the short term, I just didn't see the cost and risk of it outweighing the potential benefits. While I don't expect anything approaching what happened to D2, if a second gun had been involved, what sort of difference would it have made?
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