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.
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.
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.
It is not about how many guns are around or who has them. It is about what, when, how you do things.
Helicopter parents, work from home behind a computer, on line food delivered, shop on line, etc. Not going to have a high chance.
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? … 
Never, but much of my life has been on a military base or outside the US.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, once.
Or what country you live in.
Or how well trained they are to use them.
Yes. Fully armed SWAT team stormed my workplace. Squeaky bum time.
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?
Just the opposite. 
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.
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.
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.
It’s one of my greatest hits!