Someone threw a rock at My Camaro

[daveagogo1]

Originally Posted by 2010SS2SS

Brandishing a firearm over a windshield! REALLY....Walk up to someone with a weapon and you better have your life insurance up to date! Whos to say their not armed and waiting or just a BETTER shot?

Like the term "keyboard cowboy" or "internet rambo" myself. Nothing about a windshield is worth die'n or having to kill someone over. Not saying I wouldn't have gotten the tag number and paid their car a late night "lousiville slugger" visit

You made sense until you derailed on that last sentence. Someone attacks my ride with a bat in the middle of night is even more likely to be met with the exact thing you are advocating against.

[EricSS]

This thread is intense.

[Texas2SS]

Hell yeah it's intense. This is serious stuff. I was doing 45+ mph when it happened to me. What if it would have went through my windshield and knocked me out......
Not to mention the $3300 worht of damage it created to my car.


I know exactly where this is coming from.

[hightower]

Originally Posted by EricSS

This thread is intense.

lol, I feel like a lot of threads on this forum get this way.

[S-eatin-grin]

regardless of anything else being said in this thread....what transpired is illegal...probably a felony. The OP should have gotten the tag # and reported it. Beyond that...well...I can't say what I would have did unless I was there.

[2010SS2SS]

The language of the law reads as follows:




"Whoever, wantonly or maliciously, shoots at, within, or into, or throws any missile or hurls or projects a stone or other hard substance which would produce death or great bodily harm, at, within, or in any public or private building, occupied or unoccupied, or public or private bus or any train, locomotive, railway car, caboose, cable railway car, street railway car, monorail car, or vehicle of any kind which is being used or occupied by any person, or any boat, vessel, ship, or barge lying in or plying the waters of this state, or aircraft flying through the airspace of this state shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable [by a maximum of 15 years in prison]."

[2010 SSRS]

Originally Posted by Drew10

I don't think I am allowed to post what I would WANT to do.

+1

[hightower]

Originally Posted by 2010SS2SS

The language of the law reads as follows:
"Whoever, wantonly or maliciously, shoots at, within, or into, or throws any missile or hurls or projects a stone or other hard substance which would produce death or great bodily harm, at, within, or in any public or private building, occupied or unoccupied, or public or private bus or any train, locomotive, railway car, caboose, cable railway car, street railway car, monorail car, or vehicle of any kind which is being used or occupied by any person, or any boat, vessel, ship, or barge lying in or plying the waters of this state, or aircraft flying through the airspace of this state shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable [by a maximum of 15 years in prison]."

That's a language I don't speak! Haha, I guess the law has to be clear...

[bluetorp]

It always amuses me how these kinds of threads devolve into the same "carry concealed", "if I had been there", etc internet posturing. Let's be real here for a second- the overwhelming majority of the people here advocating brandishing (or using) a firearm in response to situations like these would in reality never do so, and those very few that would, well, you're going to prison. This is not the Wild West, and the law does not afford you the right to threaten, injure, or kill people that damage your property.

I am 100% FOR the right of private citizens to arm themselves for personal protection. I do personally exercise my right to carry concealed when I am in a state where I am allowed to do so. What bothers me about threads like these and the behaviors/viewpoints expressed therein is that they are exactly the kinds of ammunition that lawmakers and politicians use to strip private citizens of the right to carry, open or concealed, or to own a firearm period.

In my perfect fantasy world, I'd be able to shoot people who drive slowly in the left lane, or those who dare to pay for their 10 dollars worth of groceries with a check when they're ahead of me in line at the grocery store. However, this is reality and it simply doesn't work that way, right or wrong.

I'm not going to debate whether or not an armed response is an appropriate reaction to this situation, or similar situations. Personally, I don't think it's warranted unless in direct defense of the life or welfare of yourself or another person, and that tends to be way that the laws are worded in states that allow you to use deadly force. However, I recognize and accept the validity of opinions that differ.

Just so there's no confusion: I want to maintain the right to carry. I want to be able to put a bullet in someone in defense of myself, my family, or someone else, with the reasonable expectation that I'm not going to spend the rest of my life in prison because of it (I'd LOVE to have the right to shoot someone to stop them from stealing my car, but that's never going to happen and I realize that). If we want to continue to have the right to own, carry, and use firearms in those ever-dwindling locales that still allow it, we have to be smarter and more responsible than what is being displayed in this thread.

[Smokey&Bandit]

That sucks man, I had my windshield cracked, and I filed an insurance claim. It was replace with an OEM.

[PercyJWellingtonIII]

Originally Posted by smokingcamaro

Why do people have to be so stupid some times. I was driving on the back roads when someone passed me and stuck there hand out the window which I thought was a thumbs but instead I saw them throw something at my car which I had no idea what it was at first until it hit my Camaro's windshield and made a loud noise followed by cracking. I called my insurance company and had someone look at but it looks like it has to be replaced. Here is my question to my fellow Camaro guys do I need to get the windshield from a Chevy dealer or where should I go to get a good windshield. USAA has recommended safelite but I have heard some bad things about them!

You shooda killed them.

[CamaroC-17]

Originally Posted by Dizzy82

What if it wasn't a rock? Maybe a brick? Or maybe it might have made it's way through the top grill and damaged his radiator. People are so f'ed up. Just today I had a jerk in a Ford pick up ride my ass at 65mph just to piss me off.

What a new rear end? Slam on your brakes next time.