I was in a large parking lot walking for exercise last week while my wife shopped in one of the stores served by the parking lot. I took a turn down a wide area between two buildings. A compact car came from nowhere and stopped about 25 yards from me. Black guy driving, white passenger. The passenger yelled at me, "Hey, you wanna buy some girl scout cookies." I told him, "No," and kept walking. The driver kept pace with me. Passenger said, "Come over here and try a sample." I kept walking.
A few minutes later, in another part of the complex, the same car with Ohio tags approached and the passenger again asked me if I wanted to buy some cookies.
I saw the car no more until a few minutes later after I was back inside my truck. 4 city polce vehicles pulled in and there was stuff going on in the car I couldn't see, except that the driver dove into the back seat.
Don't know what their story was, but one of the officers told me they were definitely not selling cookies. It's time like those when we all are comforted in our minds by knowing we have a way out if situations escalate. I had a 9mm with me that day, an a reload. Great comfort to know that anytime we're out, we can meet headon the threats that arise in seconds, much faster than we can go back to our vehicle and get a gun. The bad guys pick the time and place, and never is it in our favor, so we owe it to ourselves to be ready every minute. Watch where you are and whose around you and pay attention to ordinary crap that somehow doesn't fit.
