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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
I've never gone to a meeting unarmed and usually the other guy was open carrying or brought a large friend. I go to every one of these deals assuming the other guy is armed and that he assumed I'm armed.
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So, it's come down to this. You need to bring guns and backup when buying stuff from an on-line ad now? Jeezus...what's the world coming to?
As mentioned before, would it really be wise to pull a gun on some scumbag who's already pointing one at you? Just giving them what they want may be the more prudent decision in this case. And what if you did manage to shoot the guy? If you kill him, you're in deep legal schit. This isn't a TV show...you can't just go around shooting people in the street without going down some bureaucratic rathole that'll take a lot of time & money to climb out of. And if you only manage to wound him, you stand a good chance of being sued for everything you've got. Especially if the perp has a partner along who'll back his his version of the incident saying that
you were the aggressor.
Yes, I know that either of these alternatives are preferable to being shot and possibly killed. But if this is what it takes to sell stuff on-line anymore, I'd just as soon dontate it to some charity and not put myself in this kind of situation to begin with.