Firearm Saved Us From Four Armed Hijackers
December 22, 2005 Edition 1
I recently took delivery of a new BMW X5 and soon afterwards the hyenas tried to take it away from me on the road leading to
my house.....from P A Webb of Crestview
In this country orders are placed with hijacking syndicates for low-mileage luxury cars for sale in adjacent countries, information being obtained from motor dealer staff as to car types and names and addresses of purchasers.
My wife and I were travelling along Inanda Road in Waterfall one evening when I noticed a car approaching me from the rear with its lights turned off. A metre from my car he suddenly turned his lights on bright. His next move would have been to bump me lightly, expecting me to get a fright and to pull over, in which case he would have cut me off and hijacked my car, possibly killing my wife and myself.
As he put his lights on I braked hard, causing him to smash into me, and causing extensive damage to the front of his car, perforating his radiator with my tow hitch. I could not proceed home as I did not want to be trapped at my gate or, worse still, in my yard. Nor could I race for the Hillcrest Police Station as we were facing the wrong way.
I drove down the road to a place just above the Crinkly Bottom resort, where there is room to pull off. I stopped at an angle facing the road and alighted. The hyenas pulled up behind my car and the driver proceeded to fire at me where I had taken cover behind my car. The driver pointed his semi-automatic over the roof of his car in my direction. He fired nine shots and I returned fire with shots through the windscreen, but he managed to reverse. As he pulled into the road I ran up to the passenger window and fired once, appearing to strike the front seat passenger. My poor wife was sitting with her back to the action not knowing whether I was still alive or not.
I only noticed one occupant in the rear, which is odd as these cowards rely on numbers. Once they had driven down the road I got into my car, locked the door and started the engine. I was startled by a loud banging on my window - a fourth hijacker was trying to break my window with a handgun. I hit the central locking switch, but this action actually unlocked the car. I then had to wrestle
with him as he attempted topistol-whip me. My pistol had been returned to my pocket and while sitting I could not get at it.
My wife asked me: "Why do you not shoot him?" I replied: "I am going to shoot him now." He ran away. I took my wife home and returned to the scene. After phoning, two cars from the security companies arrived within minutes. Two hours later three members of the police arrived. They asked me in a disinterested manner to explain what had happened, meanwhile trampling the crime scene forensic evidence into the ground that the security guys had carefully circled and flagged.
If this case ever gets to court I will be unable to prove I was
fired upon. This is the same inept police force that is supposed to
protect us once the new Firearms Act is used to disarm us - and we are completely at the mercy of armed thugs. This all happened some time ago, yet I have heard nothing since. It goes to prove "it is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have one".
P A Webb, Crestview
