I have some comments, with the caveat that this is a second-hand account and may not be entirely accurate.
Then he sees two adult black males emerge from some bushes about 10 feet away. They had been trailing suit man but Buddy saw them and made eye contact and they immediately advanced on him....
Bandanna Boy and Turtle boy advance on buddy and stop within 3 feet of him.
The only opportunity to abort the robbery was the few seconds between making eye contact and the criminals getting within handshake distance.
Without a sketch of the scene, we can't know if there was anything Buddy could do in the way of evasion or getting to cover.
Buddy starts pulling his cell and more or less argues with bandanna boy about it being his work cell (it is). All the while raising his arms in exasperation and dropping them and shuffling his feet.
This was a courageous move, and it worked in this case. However, he could just as well have been shot if the robber had a real weapon.
A murder trial just concluded in Galveston. Three teenagers armed with a revolver tried to rob a game room. The manager of the game room told him to go away, and the armed robber shot him. Inexperienced robbers can be very jumpy or just vicious.
Buddy squats down and smoothly draws his revolver and rises ...
I'd like to see video of that. We are often told that it is difficult to draw from an ankle holster.
I wonder if he will switch to another carry method.
- Jim
