09/27/24 – Arms and Arms

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Looking up the sky, Picknar said, "crap. The ship isn't here yet." Pointing towards the edges of the park, Jo said, "I have to tinkle. I'm gonna go in the bushes." The four trucks pull up, their headlights aimed right at Rodrigo, Knox, Picknar, and Thoos. Rodrigo said, "and here come the clowns." The posse got out of their trucks, all armed, and Craig said, "okay, stop right there. We know you two ladies are illegals, or you wouldn't have tried to run." And a guy with a beard said, "and don't do anything funny, because we're armed and ready to defend ourselves." Smiling with his hands up placatingly, Rodrigo said, "hold on, gentlemen. Gentlemen, please! If you'd just pause for one moment, and consider... who knows?... maybe we're armed too!" One of them shoots Rodrigo in the shoulder. It's the blond guy, who said, "you all heard him say it! He said he had a gun! I had to defend myself!" His friends said, "yup" and "legit." Rodrigo exclaimed, "you bastard. That's my favorite coat. WAS my favorite coat."

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Rodrigo, I see what you were trying to do there, but perhaps that wasn’t the best tactic.

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Looking up the sky, Picknar said, “crap. The ship isn’t here yet.” Pointing towards the edges of the park, Jo said, “I have to tinkle. I’m gonna go in the bushes.” The four trucks pull up, their headlights aimed right at Rodrigo, Knox, Picknar, and Thoos. Rodrigo said, “and here come the clowns.” The posse got out of their trucks, all armed, and Craig said, “okay, stop right there. We know you two ladies are illegals, or you wouldn’t have tried to run.” And a guy with a beard said, “and don’t do anything funny, because we’re armed and ready to defend ourselves.” Smiling with his hands up placatingly, Rodrigo said, “hold on, gentlemen. Gentlemen, please! If you’d just pause for one moment, and consider… who knows?… maybe we’re armed too!” One of them shoots Rodrigo in the shoulder. It’s the blond guy, who said, “you all heard him say it! He said he had a gun! I had to defend myself!” His friends said, “yup” and “legit.” Rodrigo exclaimed, “you bastard. That’s my favorite coat. WAS my favorite coat.”
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11 Comments

  1. Pete Rogan

    No, no, no, no, Rodrigo. People who point guns are you are looking for an excuse to plug you. You’re lucky your appeal to logic only got you a graze. There are some places and people where you’d have earned a gutshot. Take it from me, those are even less fun. Don’t ask me how I know this.

  2. Hamish

    If someone points a gun at you don’t act like an idiot, like talking tough and that you MAY shoot back. Not a long term survival plan. The guy that fired the shot is in deep shit so far as the law is concerned too. To even point a gun at a person in a threatening manner is against the law, and is called ‘Brandishing’ and firing it at an unarmed person is even worse. He would go to jail here in Nevada for what he has done, and would never be allowed to ‘carry’ again.

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