kingofthedemo
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I just wanted to share this situation that I found myself in recently, that only reaffirms my beliefs in our right to bear arms and my gratefulness for it!
Long story short: I was visiting my business partner, and friend in Arkansas for business, and I was staying at his house for the weekend. I had recently purchased a set of coilovers to install on my car, and I brought them with me to visit my friend because, he told me that I could have them installed by a neighbor of his- who did mechanic jobs on the side for a discount (when compared to most shops prices). I thought that sounded like a productive decision- to get work done on my car, while I worked with my partner with our online businesses. It seemed like the perfect situation because my friend/business partner had a barn on his property that was retrofitted into a mechanics shop, so his neighbor could do the work to my car (on my friends property) while we handled our business.
The mechanic told me that he finished the job, I asked him If I could drive the car around the block to make sure that the coilovers were adjusted properly. Upon driving the car it was clear that he did not install the coilovers properly, my front end was literally burning rubber, because he lowered the front end so much that the front tires were rubbing the fender wells , to the point of burning rubber, and bending the inside fender lip, in addition to this, he raised the rear end higher than stock. My car wasn't even drivable, so I gave him half of our agreed amount for the job, and I asked him to return the next day and adjust the coilovers, so that it would be drivable, at which time I would pay him the other half, he wasn't happy about this.
The next day he returned demanding more money and expressing that he felt like he ''did enough work already'' and that he would not do anymore work on my car, yet he demanded more money, I expressed that I could not pay him more money unless he finished the job, at which time he became irate, and he started yelling that: ''I didn't know who I was ******* with'' then he put his hands on me, I restrained him and took him outside the house in a hold, I then asked hime to leave.
He returned about ten minutes later with a crowbar, he entered my friends property, through the gate and was approaching my BMW, with the crowbar in hand, I walked towards him and asked him what he was doing, as he aproached my car, he explained: ''I'm going to take what you owe me'' I asked him to drop the weapon, he aproached me, at that time, with a crazy look in his eye. I then ran towards my car behind me, and retrieved my kimber, I spun around and asked him top stop approaching me, he froze, at this time two of his relatives (who he had called to back him up, minutes before, {that lived in the area**) showed up screaming profanities, and provoking me, I was able to hold them off until the cops came, I ran inside and called 911, it took the police 30 minutes to arrive, if it wouldn't have been for my pistol I would have been attacked by all three of them, I later found out that one of them was an ex-con with a long record for violence including assault against cops, I'm just so thankful I had my gun I truly feared for my life!
Long story short: I was visiting my business partner, and friend in Arkansas for business, and I was staying at his house for the weekend. I had recently purchased a set of coilovers to install on my car, and I brought them with me to visit my friend because, he told me that I could have them installed by a neighbor of his- who did mechanic jobs on the side for a discount (when compared to most shops prices). I thought that sounded like a productive decision- to get work done on my car, while I worked with my partner with our online businesses. It seemed like the perfect situation because my friend/business partner had a barn on his property that was retrofitted into a mechanics shop, so his neighbor could do the work to my car (on my friends property) while we handled our business.
The mechanic told me that he finished the job, I asked him If I could drive the car around the block to make sure that the coilovers were adjusted properly. Upon driving the car it was clear that he did not install the coilovers properly, my front end was literally burning rubber, because he lowered the front end so much that the front tires were rubbing the fender wells , to the point of burning rubber, and bending the inside fender lip, in addition to this, he raised the rear end higher than stock. My car wasn't even drivable, so I gave him half of our agreed amount for the job, and I asked him to return the next day and adjust the coilovers, so that it would be drivable, at which time I would pay him the other half, he wasn't happy about this.
The next day he returned demanding more money and expressing that he felt like he ''did enough work already'' and that he would not do anymore work on my car, yet he demanded more money, I expressed that I could not pay him more money unless he finished the job, at which time he became irate, and he started yelling that: ''I didn't know who I was ******* with'' then he put his hands on me, I restrained him and took him outside the house in a hold, I then asked hime to leave.
He returned about ten minutes later with a crowbar, he entered my friends property, through the gate and was approaching my BMW, with the crowbar in hand, I walked towards him and asked him what he was doing, as he aproached my car, he explained: ''I'm going to take what you owe me'' I asked him to drop the weapon, he aproached me, at that time, with a crazy look in his eye. I then ran towards my car behind me, and retrieved my kimber, I spun around and asked him top stop approaching me, he froze, at this time two of his relatives (who he had called to back him up, minutes before, {that lived in the area**) showed up screaming profanities, and provoking me, I was able to hold them off until the cops came, I ran inside and called 911, it took the police 30 minutes to arrive, if it wouldn't have been for my pistol I would have been attacked by all three of them, I later found out that one of them was an ex-con with a long record for violence including assault against cops, I'm just so thankful I had my gun I truly feared for my life!
