Trailer Stolen with Man Inside!

majorgator wrote:
As I said in my first post on this thread, nobody knows what was really going on. What we do know is that the shots being fired caused the thief to swerve, which is what ultimately caught the attention of a passing deputy. So, based upon this information, the man's actions are one of the reasons why he is alive. That's all we have to go on!

Would the police have ultimately apprehended them before they reached their destination? Maybe, maybe not.
What and/or who was waiting on them at their destination? More armed criminals or an empty cow field? We don't know.
Were they going at a high rate of speed when the owner opened the door and shot? Perhaps they were stopped at a traffic light?
Did the owner shoot at the perps, or at the truck, or up in the air, or wildly and aimlessly? That info isn't given.

The owner made the right choice, and perhaps the only choice he had at the time...based upon him being there, present in the situation at the time it occurred.

Agree until we are faced with a situation it is impossible to know what we will or will not do to survive it. As an avid firearms enthusiast it would be easy for me to say that from the article I would not have taken the shots (unsafe). The man in the camper may offer a different outlook on that. Armchair quarterbacks from the confines of our computer screen.