user2050
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Just thought I'd share an experience that recently happened to me. Apologies in advance if this is in the wrong sub forum.
I was walking across a street towards a building at the same time a motorcycle was leaving the sidewalk area of the building. The MC waited for me to getcloser to the side walkbefore they entered the road around me.
While this was happenning, a young girl, jumped out of a nearby car that was temporarily parked on the side of the road, and racked a slide of an airsoft pistol, and was taking aim at the departing MC. Then when the shooter couldn’t get a clear shot (don’ t know if it was because I was behind the target or not) they stopped aiming at the MC. Then they exclaimed disappointment that they hadn’t gotten a shot off at the MC.
I assumed that the youths were from the church’s youth group that used the facility, so had no reason to suspect thugs in the area. Also I didn’t feel alarmed at the sound of the racking (it sounds just like my plastic Airsoft), and while I was looking at it, I could see the red tip, so immediately I assumed it was airsoft.
These assumptions caused me not even to change my stride up onto the sidewalk and into the building. So much for raising my alert level. All I said to the young woman was that what she just did, could be considered brandishing, airsoft or not, and that brandishing a gun is illegal. And she said she wouldn’t do it again.
Obviously in this instance there were no repercussions but it makes me wonder about my alert level.
No I was not carrying at the time.
Have others experienced similiar airsoft hits? How did you react?
Thanks
Just thought I'd share an experience that recently happened to me. Apologies in advance if this is in the wrong sub forum.
I was walking across a street towards a building at the same time a motorcycle was leaving the sidewalk area of the building. The MC waited for me to getcloser to the side walkbefore they entered the road around me.
While this was happenning, a young girl, jumped out of a nearby car that was temporarily parked on the side of the road, and racked a slide of an airsoft pistol, and was taking aim at the departing MC. Then when the shooter couldn’t get a clear shot (don’ t know if it was because I was behind the target or not) they stopped aiming at the MC. Then they exclaimed disappointment that they hadn’t gotten a shot off at the MC.
I assumed that the youths were from the church’s youth group that used the facility, so had no reason to suspect thugs in the area. Also I didn’t feel alarmed at the sound of the racking (it sounds just like my plastic Airsoft), and while I was looking at it, I could see the red tip, so immediately I assumed it was airsoft.
These assumptions caused me not even to change my stride up onto the sidewalk and into the building. So much for raising my alert level. All I said to the young woman was that what she just did, could be considered brandishing, airsoft or not, and that brandishing a gun is illegal. And she said she wouldn’t do it again.
Obviously in this instance there were no repercussions but it makes me wonder about my alert level.
No I was not carrying at the time.
Have others experienced similiar airsoft hits? How did you react?
Thanks