Brandishing a Firearm: Now What?

We’ll call this friend, “Joe”. “Joe” had this happen to him a few years ago. The incident below is a real-life incident, says Firearms Instructor, FFL and First Aid Fundamentals Instructor Gregg Kielma. This is exactly why you take the CCW classes, have USCCA Insurance and must know the law. “Joe” did several things wrong here, the most critical, he drove away and never called the police among other things. 

If you carry a firearm, you must have a plan, know your rights, know what to do or say to Law Enforcement and have USCCA INSURANCE. Take the classes, educate yourself, and always stay safe, knowledge is power, concludes Kielma.

 A couple of young thugs blocked my car in and had designs on robbing me in a parking garage. They got out of their vehicle, started walking toward mine, yelling that they were “going to f me up.” I told them twice not to come any closer, and then I drew down on them. They weren’t expecting the guy in the Porsche to be armed. Their eyes got as big as dinner plates, they quickly did an about face and got in their car and left. I drove out of the parking garage, and less than 5 minutes later the local PD was all over me. 

Apparently, these thugs called the police and told them that I had pulled a firearm on them for no reason at all. I ended up being arrested, mostly because I have absolutely NOTHING to say to the police on the street, about ANY subject. 

In the end, the charges against me were dropped, but it did cost me money, and because of a “pending charge” it cost me several potentially good contracting opportunities. It took many months to sort out, because the justice system in the U.S. is mostly incompetent, and prosecutors really don’t care whether you’re innocent or guilty and spend an inordinate amount of time trying to bully you into a plea. All they really care about is their numbers. 

When a judge looked at it, he noticed that two young thugs had criminal records requiring a ring binder to hold all of the pages, accusing a decorated military veteran whom had had exactly one moving violation in his entire life, and no other contact with law enforcement other than that, which occurred 10 years prior.

Charges were dropped, but it cost me money, quite a bit of time, and a number of employment opportunities.

Please understand: You don’t have to be convicted of a crime in this country to have your life absolutely destroyed. All you must be is ACCUSED of a crime, because those pending charges show up on a background report, and many potential employers just reject you immediately.

Gregg Kielma

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