I think it’s fair to say that the majority of people who own a gun for self protection purposes don’t expect they’ll ever fire it, or at least they hope they’ll never have to. But if a gang of dudes comes at you and you can see they’re packing heat, I can also imagine that rational thinking gets replaced with survival mode. Which is exactly what happened to this man in Sandton, as News24 reports:

It is alleged that the victim was parking his vehicle at a rental company when he was approached by four suspects, two of whom were armed,” Lieutenant Colonel Katlego Mogale said.

Realising the suspects were armed, he fired shots at them. The suspects [in turn] fired shots at him, injuring him. He was taken to hospital for medical attention.”

The man is now under investigation for attempted murder. Would it have escalated if he hadn’t been carrying a gun? Maybe not. Or maybe this would have been a story about two people who were shot dead during a mugging. We’ll never know, but if I were him I know which story I’d rather go with.

[source: News24]