Guns: At the Door - No. 4

by Amazing 7 Replies latest jw friends

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  Amazing

  Have any of you ever been faced with a GUN at the door? Most of us have at one time or another heave of gun stories. I was faced with this twice. Here is the first story:

  I was working rural and farm territory in California. Normally, I open gates to drive down long driveways ... I typically would do this in case a dog showed up ... but this time, for some odd reason, I decided to park at the road side, and walk down the long driveway.

  I got up to the front porch ... and no sign of a dog, no barking, no patter of puppy feet. So, I attempt to ring the bell. No sound I could detect ... so in my zeal to preach the Good News of God's Kingdom as taught by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. in these Last Days just before Armageddon in 1975 ... whew! ... I then decided a good old fashioned pound on the door will work ... I have to save the householder from Angels who will blow their eyes out of their sockets at the Big A.

  I wait and wait and wait ... and pound again and again ... and wait some more ...

  The Door opens slowly and spooky ... I see the outline of a man ... he says, "What in the godamn hell do you want?" ... I sir, we are calling on people in your area today to discuss world conditions ... what do you think of how things are going in the world today with the Viet Nam war, protests, college riots, crime, violence, etc. ? Do you think we could be living in the Last Days of this Wicked System of things?"

  The man steps closer to the door and looked rather grumpy. He then opens the screen door and steps halfway out. He looks at me and then draws his rifle (the barrel looked like a 100mm cannon as my butt slammed shut, and my bladder went on Hig Liquid Level Alarm) ... He says, "You have about enough time to get to the gate and off my property before I load in these shells and blow your ass off! Take this seriously as you see me loading the rifle."

  I ran like hell, jumped the gate, hopped in my car and NEVER went back to that house again.

  You know, in a weird way, I kind of admire that man ,and wished I had done the same thing when the JWs had called on me the first time.
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  Brummie

  I ran like hell, jumped the gate, hopped in my car and NEVER went back to that house again.

  You mean you didnt place the mags before you ran? shame.

  Funny thing is, if you put him down on the territory map as a do not call, in one year and elder will go back to see if the householder has changed thier mind...what a blast.

  Great story amazing, I never did have a gun pointed at me, I miss all the fun

  Brummie
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  shotgun

  Amazing when I get the cash I'll have to fly out your way for a real visit....The price of the ticket would be paid in full listening to all the life stories you've accumulated

  No guns for me...just dogs...lots and lots of dog stories...Got knocked down by a Great Dane once and another time by a Newfoundland dog...those huge black ones.
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  SanFranciscoJim

  Have any of you ever been faced with a GUN at the door?

  No, but I used to know a "brother" who actually carried a loaded gun with him out in field service!! (No one knew, and I kept my mouth shut.)

  On a more humorous note, I once heard a story from a Circuit Overseer who used to work rural Kentucky that he was met by a man with a loaded gun while out in field service. As he stood on the man's porch, the man pointed the rifle in his face and said "Y'all git off my porch!" The Circuit Overseer quietly turned around, walked down the steps, and as he shut the front gate, the man called out to him "Y'all come back now!"
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  CoonDawg

  and with a brother who was known as one who could sell sand to an arab in the middle of a drought. This dude comes to the door...gets pissed and tells us all to go to hell, our car and other parts unknown. He pulled up a sawed off shotgun and pointed it in the vicinity of the brother I was with...Well, the screendoor slammed shut when he poked the barrell back into the house...and guess who's fingers were there? Mine. My crying and wailing freaked the dude out, so he let us go. He's still a "do not call" to this day. He keeps wild mountain lions on his place as a deterrent to those that might get a bit "zealous".

  Ern
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  iiz2cool

  I was threatened at the door once with a gun and once with a machete. Both times I just turned and walked away. Another time in pre-JW days, I was shot at from a passing car as I walked down the street. Luckily, he missed. Another time a woman was waving her gun out of a car window as she passed me on the highway, but she didn't shoot. I think she was drunk.

  Walter
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  Odrade

  Yep, rural door, rifle, It's quite an interesting sound actually. We never went back.
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  c5

  Yes,

  The householder takes out a shotgun and points it at the entire cargroup. I was very scared as I was young and never had a gun pointed in my direction before. I guess he was upset about Jim Baker at the time, he kept saying that he did not want to hear about Jim Baker from us. I belive he thought we were going to rub it in when we came by.

  Another time we came across a group of drunk hunters, all with guns. We left right away. Very very scary.