Luckily I've never been in this situation and I'd like to believe I'd remain calm, keeping my cool when a gun was...

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Luckily I've never been in this situation and I'd like to believe I'd remain calm, keeping my cool when a gun was pointed at me. However, I'm also wise enough to know I can't be sure how I'll react once such stress is applied.

Anywho, if you're in a situation where you're are risk of being a victim in waiting, here's some good advice.
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-respond-if-somebody-holds-a-gun-to-your-head-2013-12

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April Benney said…
I had the unfortunate opportunity to be robbed at gun point while working at a gas station when I was younger. Luckily every dangerous situation I've been in in my life I always remain calm. I agree that remaining calm is the best way to ensure your safety. Not even for the fact that this article states - you staying calm will help the assailant stay calm - but if you stay calm then you keep more of an open mind & can think more clearly to get yourself out of the situation.

When I was robbed, it was 2 men & they both had a gun. To this day I don't even remember either of them swearing, but the surveillance video shows they were swearing at me the entire time. I guess my mind blocked it out, maybe to help me not freak out. Maybe that's a trait not everyone has access to, maybe it's a chemical thing in the brain or something. Or, it could be the fact that I had imagined many times of being robbed. This was in South Carolina & during that time gas station robberies were very common, & usually didn't end up well. Also, I think it may be a bipolar thing to imagine all the horrible events that could happen in your life, & I truely think that helps to prepare yourself for if the situation every really did happen.
January 2, 2014 at 10:12 AM
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