[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by angryssg

This evening, I left an establishment that served me alcohol until closing time at 1:00 AM. I left from there to a 7-Eleven, where I bought a pack of cigarettes. My boy and I proceeded from there to his house. Upon getting out of our cars at that destination, we were followed by 2 men wielding weapons. The first man was holding a plastic 38 revolver and his buddy had a shotgun (Which I believed to be also fake). After his friend arrived with a toy shotgun, the guy with the 38 moved over to me.

At the same time both men were requesting our wallets from both of us. I told him that I had no cash, but if he wanted my wallet he had to get it out of my pocket. He refused and said "no, you give me your wallet". I told him once again, that "I am not reaching for anything, but if you want my wallet; then he would have to reach for it". He proceeded to snatch the cigarettes from my hand and run away. In the meantime, my buddy had given the assailant his wallet.

The whole time I could tell that both weapons were fake, but there was no need to push the issue. In the end two men made off with a wallet (bearing no cash) and a pack of Newports. I really wish that the guy had dug into my rear pants pocket so that I could catch him off guard, but he didn't. We knew that the weapons were fake and that we could take them in an instance, but rather than chance it, we let them get away. For how long their escape will last is another story, because we have his credit cards being watched.

If those guys get away clean, then they made off with a $5.00 pack of cigarettes. If they get caught, they go to jail for 5 years for armed robbery, over a $5.00 pack of cigarettes. Is it really worth it?

In all reality we could have killed those kids, but over what? A wallet and a pack of citgarettes? It wasn't worth it for us either. I just hope that those kids gain some sense before they get hurt.

Assuming you were 100% sure the weapons were no threat, I'd say shoulda killed 'em. Seriously. You could have easily said you thought the weapons were real and justified it as self defense.

Glad you're OK.