Hendu024
Regular Member
So someone smashed the back window of my Saab tonight and stole my shooting bag out of the back seat.
I was at my store in Virginia Beach, and I park on the side of the building usually. Around 7PM I heard a loud BANG, followed by another BANG and heard my car alarm start screeching. It actually sounded like muffled gunshots, but it was hard to tell. It took my brain about 1 to 2 seconds to realize what it was. I jumped out of my chair, grabbed my Glock from under the counter, kicked open the back door and sprinted to the corner of the building.
My employee (who is my roommate) had his .45 and was behind me. There was no one in sight, so I ran up to the car and saw the back window was smashed out. I shut off the alarm, and saw a shell casing on the ground. (At this time, I had forgotten I left the bag in the back seat.) I thought someone had shot out my windows, because I have called the police on the crackheads across the street from my store multiple times, and I thought it was some kind of payback.
Then I looked in the window and saw about 10 casings on the seat, and immediately realized they came out of the outside pockets of my shooting bag. I about sh*t myself at this point, as it dawned on me that I left my bag in the car. There is a strip mall right next to mine with a back alley, so my roommate ran to the entrance of the alley and posted up with his .45 and I sprinted around the other side, glock drawn, to try to box in anyone if they were in there. Unfortunately, we were out of luck, there was no one there.
I called the cops and filed the reports. My shooting bag contained a Ruger Mark II .22 caliber pistol (serial # 212-63221), 550 rounds of .22, 100 rounds of .40, 50 rounds of 9mm, ALL of my cleaning gear, my shooting glasses, 2 .22 mags, a .45 mag, 12 ga. chokes, a mag loader, and a bunch of other stuff.
I believe that I was targeted, and someone has been watching me, because this was a snatch and grab in under 10 seconds and they disappeared and obviously had the exit planned out. There were other cars near mine, and customers from restaurants in the general area, although no one saw anything, naturally.
Right now I can barely contain my anger. I am so pissed off that I was dumb enough to forget my bag in the car, and on that one day, someone F**cking stole it. Not to mention, I have contributed to one more gun on the street. If i was about 6 seconds quicker, I would have caught them. I am going to go have a beer and kick myself in the ass for a while.
Thanks for reading.
I was at my store in Virginia Beach, and I park on the side of the building usually. Around 7PM I heard a loud BANG, followed by another BANG and heard my car alarm start screeching. It actually sounded like muffled gunshots, but it was hard to tell. It took my brain about 1 to 2 seconds to realize what it was. I jumped out of my chair, grabbed my Glock from under the counter, kicked open the back door and sprinted to the corner of the building.
My employee (who is my roommate) had his .45 and was behind me. There was no one in sight, so I ran up to the car and saw the back window was smashed out. I shut off the alarm, and saw a shell casing on the ground. (At this time, I had forgotten I left the bag in the back seat.) I thought someone had shot out my windows, because I have called the police on the crackheads across the street from my store multiple times, and I thought it was some kind of payback.
Then I looked in the window and saw about 10 casings on the seat, and immediately realized they came out of the outside pockets of my shooting bag. I about sh*t myself at this point, as it dawned on me that I left my bag in the car. There is a strip mall right next to mine with a back alley, so my roommate ran to the entrance of the alley and posted up with his .45 and I sprinted around the other side, glock drawn, to try to box in anyone if they were in there. Unfortunately, we were out of luck, there was no one there.
I called the cops and filed the reports. My shooting bag contained a Ruger Mark II .22 caliber pistol (serial # 212-63221), 550 rounds of .22, 100 rounds of .40, 50 rounds of 9mm, ALL of my cleaning gear, my shooting glasses, 2 .22 mags, a .45 mag, 12 ga. chokes, a mag loader, and a bunch of other stuff.
I believe that I was targeted, and someone has been watching me, because this was a snatch and grab in under 10 seconds and they disappeared and obviously had the exit planned out. There were other cars near mine, and customers from restaurants in the general area, although no one saw anything, naturally.
Right now I can barely contain my anger. I am so pissed off that I was dumb enough to forget my bag in the car, and on that one day, someone F**cking stole it. Not to mention, I have contributed to one more gun on the street. If i was about 6 seconds quicker, I would have caught them. I am going to go have a beer and kick myself in the ass for a while.
Thanks for reading.