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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wasn't there one on Military road too? Two guys stood in the middle of the road with assault guns and stopped a car, force the guy out, then others came out of the woods jumped in and drove away.[/quote]

I would’ve felt quite justified in slamming on the gas pedal. [/quote]

I have always maintained this. Your best defense against a handgun is your 4000 lb car.

Interestingly this past summer during the BLM protests quite a few of the protesters were indignant about being run over or nearly run over after trying to pull drivers out of cars or brandishing weapons on them. There was even a case in Georgetown.[/quote]

Yeah that windshield will protect you from 16 bullets![/quote]

I don't think that you have fired a gun before. A 9mm bullet being fired from 100 ft, is no match for a 4000 lb car being accelerated to 30 mph.

But keep living your life according to Hollywood.[/quote]

I'd still rather just give up my fully insured car than (a) take a chance on the bullets hitting me or (b) kill or seriously injure someone, even if that person is trying to take my car -- if only to spare myself the additional psychological trauma from that part of an already obviously horrific incident.[/quote]

NP but in that scenario you are assuming the carjackers won’t shoot you.  I certainly don’t trust them to make decisions that avoid hurting me.  I wouldn’t get out of the car.[/quote]

Well, these carjackers didn't shoot anyone, so that assumption would have been correct in this instance. Why would they bother shooting you and run the risk of being charged with homicide if you just get out of the car, let them have it, and run the other way?[/quote]

Because someone who has so little respect for private property probably also don’t have a lot of respect for human life.  Carjacking isn’t something normal, well adjusted people do.  I would not put my life in this person’s hands.

I also wouldn’t try to run them over.  That’s a great way to end up on CNN and lose your job.  Sure, they tried to steal your car and you were scared to death.   But the mob will just see you as a Karen and label you as one.

Better option is to move somewhere this doesn’t happen.  [/quote]

Once they pull a gun on you, they've already taken your life in their hands -- it isn't up to you whether to put it there. The question is what's the best way to escape safely. Usually, in an attempted robbery, that's to comply with their demands and get away as fast as you can.[/quote]

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