you sure got a pretty mouth. (tee hee hee) (banjo playing in the background)
no man, not a crappy place to live, just got into a couple of situations that i got squeezed into.
situation 1
went to a movie with the wife. bar next door. live band playing. due to new movie release and live band, parking lot was really full. parked all the way across the lot from the movies, out on the edge of the bar parking lot. movie over (late show) walking back to car about 1:30 am. meet good friend in parking lot. REALLY DRUNK. needs ride home. problem is, he's wiwth some mutual friends, they want to stay, and are inside. me and him go in to tell them i am taking him home (so they dont spend 6 hours trying to find him later) on the way out we run into some guys that he knows (but this time it is a bad kinda know, sleepin with one of ems ex or sumthin like that, you know the story, way too much testosterone) we just tell them to have a good evening, i herd him out the door, and we go. they follow, making big scene, trying to fight. we get to car, trying to get him in so we can leave. they pull up, block my car in, and start yelling and pushing him and me (all the while i am trying to get is drunk ass in the car, wife is in the back seat on phone with cops, scared shitless) there are about 5 of them by this point, and one of them pulls out this friggin crocodile dundee knife, and starts trying to stab my buddy. my mental alarms are going off, butt puckers, and i pull it out (my 40 cal glock that is) they about poop their britches, jump in car and haul some serious butt outta there. so fast in fact that they almost tbone a cop responding to my wifes phone call. all of them are drunk, i'm stone cold sober, they all get pi, dwi, etc, go to jail. me and my buddy, we get to make a statement and go home and sleep in bed.
situation 2
long story short, woman i know tells me she is moving but hubby out of town on business, asks if i can help (promises steak and beer at later date). you bet i say. show up sat morning, several mutual friends there, we start packing stuff in the trailer. about 10 am, man shows up (dont know him, but it turns out it is hubby) well, she didnt tell me she was moving out/leaving him and filing for divorce. forgot to tell him as well. he flipped, grabbed a bat and hit one of the other guys there. in the head, neck and chest. repeatedly... again, warning lights in my head, pulled it out, and calmly asked him to compose himself and go outside for a few. called 911 for cops and ambulance, he went outside, cops showed up, hauled him to jail (kinda felt bad for the guy) and buddy goes to hospital. few stitches and a night in the hospital later, he is fine.
i could have avoided both situations in retrospect 1 by asking the bouncer/cop at the door to walk us to our car after being confronted, and 2 by asking a few more questions. still carry nonetheless, because both of these situations could have resulted in a murder had i not had it with me. sorry for the long post must have been tedious to read