I may have saved my own life

[DeadEyeDyck]

This last week I was in Atlanta attending an exposition for the industry I am in. I was also a vendor and assisted in maintaining a booth. The exposition was at the Ga. World Congress Center in midtown Atlanta. I have a CCW and ALWAYS carry when I travel. Ga. has very good reciprocity with my state. I was not carrying on my person but kept my Sig 226 in the console of my SUV. It seems that each time I walked to the parking lot, I would be accosted by pan-handlers, some rather aggressive. It became a real annoyance since there was no security in the parking lot, other then the guy in the ticket booth which was some distance away.

I was walking back to the car with my arms loaded and unlocked the car remotely. I threw the boxes in the back of the car and then got in the drivers seat myself. I was checking my cell-phone for messages and the next thing I know, there was a very large person almost in my car. He opened the passenger door and was leaning with both hand on the seat. He looked into the back seat and than looked at me and said in a not so friendly voice, "I need some money". This guy was leaning in such a way that he was closer to me than a normal passenger would. I think I went into shock because I simply reached into the console, pulled my pistol out of the holster and pointed it at his fore-head. While telling him to "Get the fuck out of my car", I reached up and chambered a round.

He did not say another word and backed up and closed the door. I locked them, started the car and drove away. When I got to the Hampton, I realized I was shaking and had to just sit in the car until the fear washed through me.

I don't know if this guy would have hurt me but he was very big and I am ~155 lbs. He could have easily grabbed my throat and squeezed the life out of me without me making a peek. The fact that he had looked in the back of my car gave me pause.

Whatever the case, I saved myself some pocket change.