# Ever had a loaded gun pointed at you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689 "2015-07-20T14:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/61 "2015-07-22T01:50:45Z")
Police in suburbia California. I was a sober but dumb teenager. 2 different occasions. Learned after that. Well, learned the first time, hands up, freeze, don’t mouth off. Once they realize you’re a kid, things calm down, but you have to help the police realize you’re just a dumb shit kid. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/62 "2015-07-22T15:13:53Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’m surprised to see 49% Yes – maybe you American gun nuts aren’t so crazy to feel threatened after all! :o > > I guess my life has been much tamer than the norm. I have had minor confrontations with cops and street criminals, but never had a gun pointed at me. Well, some of that is confirmation bias - if you DO have a gun story, you see the thread title and run in to post it. If you don’t, you’re much less likely to come in to say no. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/63 "2015-07-22T16:30:20Z")
Okay, my mind is blown. I live in supposedly gun-happy Texas, and nobody has ever pointed a gun at me. I’m astonished the voting is so evenly split. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/64 "2015-07-22T16:58:24Z")
It is not about how many guns are around or who has them. It is about what, when, how you do things. 1. Helicopter parents, work from home behind a computer, on line food delivered, shop on line, etc. Not going to have a high chance. 2. Undercover cop, NAVY seal, 1% biker, hunter on pvt property without permission ( or with Dick Cheney) , outside after dark in Chicago, Detroit, DC, Miami, etc., drinking in the bars near the waterfront, approach my house after dark unannounced, or hundreds of others I personally know, be a black man & try to flag down police with a white towel wrapped around your hand looking for help, and hundreds of other times, places, situations… What was the question again? … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/65 "2015-07-22T17:19:06Z")
Never, but much of my life has been on a military base or outside the US. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/66 "2015-07-22T18:17:27Z")
I’ve been muzzle swept a couple of times at the range that I know of and probably more that I didn’t know about. Never had anything more dangerous than a paintball gun deliberately pointed at me. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/67 "2015-07-22T18:36:12Z")
Twice. First time I was walking down the street and there was this guy who passed me and I slowed down to get more distance between us becasue I usually think out loud. Suddenly, when he was about 20 meters away he turned around, walked quickly towards me, and pointed a gun yelling “what did you say?”. I told him I was just thinking aloud and then turned around and walked. Once I turned the corner I ran like crazy. Second time it was they guy who stole my car at gunpoint. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/68 "2015-07-22T18:44:16Z")
A few times. Held up once, got shot at once. Had a car full of cops cover me. etc. Mind you , I worked my way thru 6 years of college as armed security, so my experiences are a little different that most people. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/69 "2015-07-22T20:44:03Z")
Yes, once. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/70 "2015-07-22T21:43:23Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > It is not about how many guns are around or who has them. It is about what, when, how you do things. > … Or what country you live in. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/71 "2015-07-22T22:06:12Z")
Or how well trained they are to use them. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/72 "2015-07-22T22:06:27Z")
Yes. Fully armed SWAT team stormed my workplace. Squeaky bum time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/73 "2015-07-22T22:19:26Z")
No. I live in a fairly pro-gun place (Ozark mountains), but the most I’ve seen are people carrying. We’re out in the boonies, so it’s not unusual to never have been in an armed robbery nor to have been involved with the police beyond routine traffic stops and the school resource officer (who recovered my stolen Game Boy back in the day.) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/74 "2015-07-22T22:42:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > No. I live in a fairly pro-gun place (Ozark mountains), but the most I’ve seen are people carrying. We’re out in the boonies, so it’s not unusual to never have been in an armed robbery nor to have been involved with the police beyond routine traffic stops and the school resource officer (who recovered my stolen Game Boy back in the day.) Are you saying that being in an armed robbery is somewhat common where you live, in the Ozarks? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/75 "2015-07-22T22:49:39Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Are you saying that being in an armed robbery is somewhat common where you live, in the Ozarks? Just the opposite. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/76 "2015-07-22T22:50:48Z")
Security checkpoints in Maoist controlled rural Nepal circa 2003. Get out of the bus, walk a half mile with your arms up and guns trained on you, then get back on after they are done searching the vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/77 "2015-07-22T22:59:39Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Just the opposite. 😕 Thanks. I struggled with the wording. But after your reply I reread it, removed the word ‘never’ and understood that, and then reinserted never and flipped my understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/78 "2021-06-21T13:18:45Z")
I had an MP shove a .45 into my stomach. I doubt there was a round in the chamber, though. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/79 "2021-06-21T13:58:15Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I had an MP shove his .45 into my gut. I was also an MP at the time and we were standing around the cop shop after our shift was over, iirc. I’m still not sure why he did it. > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I had an MP shove a .45 into my stomach. I doubt there was a round in the chamber, though. You said that already, 6 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-loaded-gun-pointed-at-you/725689/80 "2021-06-21T13:59:27Z")
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