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Purplehood wrote:I am sorry, but the mantra about situational awareness applies.

If someone is hanging around a pump, I generally avoid pulling up in the first place. If someone approaches my car I am aware of it and take proactive action. Just the fact that you make eye-contact and move between them and your vehicle is usually enough to tell a lazy-puke that steals for a living to leave and find some other easier mark.

Making eye contact works in many situations. I do the same thing if I see a person or even a group hanging around as if they are looking for trouble. Simply letting them know you are aware of their presence is often enough to cause a bg to look elsewhere for a mark.

rbwhatever1 wrote:I certainly agree with most of the writings in this post as most are very logical. I am not paranoid but I also am very aware of things around me. I still look at rooftops, buildings, houses, bushes or anyplace a sniper could hide. If a car is passing me on the highway I watch the window and if by some chance that window starts rolling down as its passing me I take evasive action. I have an M4 Bushmaster mounted in gun grips on my tractor when I'm in the pastures and scrutinize all of the heavy vegetation areas along some fence lines and watch my LGD's actions closely. I watch the rare truck that passes my house until its out of site....Oh goodness. I"M PARANOID!!

The written Law of Man has sure gone astray from State to State and no State has the right to take away the most basic right to exist and just because we have allowed Man to do this by the "inaction of Society" and the "inaction of the Federal Government" to uphold the Constitution doesn't make it right. I think it's absurd we have to have a State Law enacted that specifically gives Free Men the right to exist. That my friend is lunacy. A complete perversion of Justice and Freedom.

Happy Saturday! Off to the pastures with my trusty sidearm and long gun....

My SIL has parents that live in Paradise. I don't know if you are joking with all the scouting of the enemy stronghold stuff you listed but I do have a good story for you. My SIL's dad was telling me that his neighbor caught a couple meth freaks stealing some kind of fertilizer he had stored. Maybe it was fertilizer, it was some kind of farm chemical the meth heads use to make meth. Anyway, he called the sheriff and apparently some kind of chase started. The meth heads ran off the road at a curve and drove their car into a tree. One of them could not get away but the other took off running and left his dope head buddy behind. They eventually caught the guy that got away. They were both well armed! The point is, even in rural communities, there is danger now from the growing drug epidemic that has engulfed our country. These meth making scum are not in their right minds. So even in Paradise, you folks have to be aware of what is going on around you.

His folks have lived out there for years. They have a small place, around fifty acres. Good people. Paradise is a nice place by the way. I have been out there with them a time or two and it was nice getting away from the big city.

Like I said, I don't know if you were joking but I personally would carry a long gun and side arm with me if I were working out in the fields. Even in paradise. Mostly to protect myself from the meth making scum and the type of scum they attract.

jmra wrote:I don't even understand why this is a problem with modern automobiles. When I exit my truck to fuel, the only door that unlocks is the drivers door. I believe most newer vehicles can be user programmed for what doors are locked/unlocked based on certain actions by the driver (gear selector moved from drive to park or how many times the unlock button is hit, etc.).
When I set the pump to start fueling I walk back and forth between the pump handle and the front of the truck observing my surroundings (out of boredom more than anything else). If I have to leave the truck for some reason, I hit the lock button on the remote locking the drivers door which would be the only door unlocked.
In most cases I think people become a target primarily because they made themselves a target by failing to do the most basic things to ensure their safety and security.

This is what I do. While fueling my vehicle, I am very aware of what is around me... And whom is around my space.

Now if we are talking "little hamburgers" I have absolutely no control at all.