YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH A SHOTGUN

Here is a crazy video.  It illustrates what men are capable of doing, and that sometimes one should reconsider their course of action.  This happened in Costa Rica.  A woman arrived complaining that the bread she bought was old and dried out.  She later returned with her husband, who had likely been worked up by the wife.  He was clearly quite angry.  The man began yelling insults at the baker.  At one point the baker’s son steps up to defend his father.  At a certain point you will see in the video, the man leaves the argument to go to his car.  He immediately returns with a shotgun.  The shotgun is one we saw a great deal in Central America, a pistol gripped shotgun of some sort.  Likely a Mossberg or Winchester.   I didn't quite catch the audio, but the son appears to taunt the armed man to shoot him.  Well...sometimes you get your request granted.

Learning points -

1).  Sometimes it is impossible to calm down a situation.  It is importnat to have the escalation switch at hand and be ready to go to violence before the other side.  Sometimes it is important to act first rather than react.  Preemption is better than reaction.

2).  The moment the man returned from the vehicle with the shotgun, before he was able to load a round or point it at anyone, he should have been shot dead.  He was showing a desire and inclination to escalate.  Better if we arrive there first. 

3).  Costa Rica has a defacto second amendment and ownership of firearms is common albeit somewhat expensive.  If you are armed in that instance, draw and kill the driver the instant you see the weapon being deployed.  That is my recommendation.  Not being armed, and facing an angry man with a shotgun, over bread?  Give him a refund and call it good.  The old saying that you cannot argue with a shotgun is true.

By the way...video is not safe for children, snowflakes, or lotiony handed liberal men. 

 

Comments

[Paul]

Yeah if you were conceal carrying and aware you could have taken him out!

Even before he brandished the gun it should have been assumed he was going to the car to get one.

Lotiony handed liberal men? LOL. Well I will admit, I am called afraid by antigunners occasionally but they are always beta males.

[JHP]

But my hands get dry sometimes...

[Steve]

I note that the victim didn't fall down crying.

I'm reminded of the guy holding the shot timer at an IPSC match who caught a ricochet to the lip, who staggered a couple steps, then sat down quickly (collapsed) on the ground.

[Gary Brown, Sr.]

Gabe;

I did not expect that guy to shoot the BA standing with his arms out. I'll bet he never shows that kind of foolish bravado again.

[Don Dysert]

Self-defense is always won in the mind months and maybe years before an incident takes place. Obviously neither the son nor the father had ever given an armed and angry customer any thought.

[Wyatt]

Step one, taunt a angry man with a shotgun.
Step two, apply tourniquet, go to hospital, amputate arm below the elbow.
Or you can empty your magazine into the guy as soon as you see the weapon. I agree totally with Gabe.

[Chad newton]

Hah, I would have to say that argument ended right away. I never thought it was a smart thing to provoke someone who is pointing a weapon at you to use it.

[Kevin]

That is an amazing example of how not to quibble over something like bread...brutal real life result of a shotgun blast too. Hard to forget! I never mess with someone I don't know, it's just plain stupid.

[Mikial]

Moral of the story, if someone points a gun at you, react by getting out of the line of fire and taking cover. Don't stand there and dare the guy to shoot you. Duh!

[Keith Flannigan]

Could have just sold him a good loaf of bread to start with and not been a smart ass begging to be shot

[Remington 870 Shooter]

I think they were not expecting that guy will start shooting...

[Allan]

He violated rule #1 for successful living: NEVER f*** with a guy who is pointing a shotgun at you.

He also violated rule #2 for successful living: When a guy is pointing a shotgun at you, give him a free loaf of bread. Hell, give him ALL of your freaking loaves of bread. And your fishes, too. Make like Jesus at the Sermon on the mount!