Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. AYOOB FILES Continued from page 62 .pdf 12/16/08 8:47:20 AM They are identically disguised. They are wearing black bandannas, pulled up as masks over their faces, and each wears a ball cap pulled down low over the eyes. Each is wearing heavy-framed dark sunglasses. Both of the men are wearing long sleeved garments, and gloves. And each is holding a weapon. They announce a stickup. Common sense and military training and experience combine to tell the Marine these men have the upper hand at the moment. Slowly, calmly, he raises his hands high enough for the robbers to believe he is complying. On the other side of the counter, the store manager is complying, too. The Marine gives up his wallet, with several hundred dollars inside. He doesn’t think it’s worth killing anyone over, let alone dying for. But that’s not enough. The robbers order him into the back of the shop, into a rest room. And that changes everything. Drawing The Line Every responsible person who carries a gun has given some thought to how and when they would use it. The Marine is no exception. He has given up his money, but long beforehand, he has determined he will not be taken at gunpoint into the back of a robbery premises and proned-out on the floor. He knows that too many times, victims have not gotten up from there. And now, the nearest robber orders him onto the floor. Slowly, the Marine pretends to obey. He turns his right side slightly away, so his torso will block the gunman’s view of his hand. He pretends to bend down, as if to lower himself to the floor. And, suddenly, he makes his move. The Para-Ordnance clears the holster in a “cavalry draw” and swings up. In a movement so long practiced he is unaware he is performing it, the Marine’s thumb wipes the pistol’s safety lever down into the “fire” position as his finger goes to the trigger. The small area erupts into gunfire. A robber jerks back away from him. The man has been hit three times, once in the leg and once in the center mass area of the torso and once in the head, and he staggers rearward. His back slams into the wall, his arms dropping. He has not yet fallen, the Marine perceives this first antagonist is out of the fight, and he turns his attention to the second threat. This one is standing in the narrow hallway outside the bathroom. He is 70 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JULY/AUGUST 2009 The Clock Starts