Because his gun is already out and you will most likely not pull out yours, aim it, and fire it before he pulls the trigger? Is that not obvious?
And because, presumably, realize you were just looking to go carjacking or stereo-stealing with your buddies, rather than get into the hot mess you've just walked into.
Engaging seems the safest, or else why even carry if its always better to just run?
Because it's not always going to be better, or even possible to run.
The reason this woman didn't get shot by the guy pointing a gun at her is because he didn't expect her to be armed and wasn't planning on going up against any resistance.
The article doesn't say whether the the 13 year old who died was the person who pointed a gun at her, but regardless, this was not criminal who though he was going to get into a gunfight. If it had been someone who was actually prepared for resistance, there's virtually no way she would have gotten a shot off before he shot her.
When she reached for her gun instead of running, she made a bet that this guy was slow, inattentive and unprepared. That bet paid off for her. If she had bet wrong, she would've thrown her life away where running - even to cover to pull out a weapon there, might have saved her.
And who knows, maybe she did run for cover before she pulled her gun. Maybe she was already in some measure of cover - perhaps behind the engine block of another parked car.
He's cool with her running, allowing her to identify him to the police?
What she gonna say? "He was a nigger with typical nigger features just like every other nigger on your mile long list of known niggers?"
Who do you think the police are gonna come after harder? A guy involved in a car theft, or a murderer? Average black IQ may be 85, but if he's even at 90 he isn't looking to murder a random stranger over that.
Because his gun is already out and you will most likely not pull out yours, aim it, and fire it before he pulls the trigger? Is that not obvious?
And because, presumably, realize you were just looking to go carjacking or stereo-stealing with your buddies, rather than get into the hot mess you've just walked into.
Because it's not always going to be better, or even possible to run.
The reason this woman didn't get shot by the guy pointing a gun at her is because he didn't expect her to be armed and wasn't planning on going up against any resistance.
The article doesn't say whether the the 13 year old who died was the person who pointed a gun at her, but regardless, this was not criminal who though he was going to get into a gunfight. If it had been someone who was actually prepared for resistance, there's virtually no way she would have gotten a shot off before he shot her.
When she reached for her gun instead of running, she made a bet that this guy was slow, inattentive and unprepared. That bet paid off for her. If she had bet wrong, she would've thrown her life away where running - even to cover to pull out a weapon there, might have saved her.
And who knows, maybe she did run for cover before she pulled her gun. Maybe she was already in some measure of cover - perhaps behind the engine block of another parked car.
What she gonna say? "He was a nigger with typical nigger features just like every other nigger on your mile long list of known niggers?"
Who do you think the police are gonna come after harder? A guy involved in a car theft, or a murderer? Average black IQ may be 85, but if he's even at 90 he isn't looking to murder a random stranger over that.