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Paladin wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 12:28 pm It's great that you had your wife there to keep watch! Everyone gets task fixated or sleeps sometime. So having your family, dog, camera, or alarm keep watch when you can't is always helpful.

Drawing a pistol from the seated position in a car is a skill. Having a secondary firearm in the car can be beneficial.

One lesson learned----I will turn the car's (big screen) reverse camera on manually, and though it wouldnt have helped me in this particular instance, it would have helped my wife.

A few weeks ago, after hours, my wife and I stopped at the ATM . Its screen was reflecting the afternoon sun's glare intensely & I had to focus on trying to read the prompts. I had one hand blocking the glare and the other keying my info.

My wife shouted a warning that someone was coming up from behind us. When I saw him he was almost even with the bumper on my left side. He was dirty & unkempt with a bandana on his face and...my gun is holstered at my 4 O'clock. I was trapped - couldnt open my door and couldnt get to my gun.

At the last moment before I punched the gas, the clown stops and heads toward the other drive through lanes.

When I was able to assess the situation, I saw he was parked behind the car in the lane right of me. I think something blew out of his car & he was trying to retrieve it, or maybe he needed a deposit slip.

I generally have good situational awareness, especially at this particular bank as it has a history of incidents. I always check my surroundings, double so at drive-throughs and gas stations, but everything was working against me on that day. I am only a beneficiary of good luck. I am embarrassed.