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 (Copyright 1999) Bellman Communications All Rights Reserved WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE CARJACKED: You pull into a grocery store parking lot. Your nine month old baby is strapped into the car seat behind you. In the back seat of the passenger side sits your seven year old son. You pull the keys out of the ignition, unlock the car door, begin to open the door when all of a sudden an individual approaches you. He quickly pulls open your door and you are sitting there looking down the barrel of a hand gun. He shouts "GET OUT OF THE CAR ... NOW!" What do you do? A COMPLEX PROBLEM: The scenario you just read presents several complex problems. Several immediate questions come to mind. What can you do in this situation? What should you do with your two children? How can you and your children survive this ordeal? ANATOMY OF A CARJACKER: Most carjacking incidents happen close to the home and involve the use of a weapon. Let's forget the age of the carjacker for a moment. It doesn't matter whether he or she is a 14 year old teenager or a 40 year old man, it's the mindset that you need to comprehend. When a person points a gun at another person, the intent is usually to scare or frighten or terrorize the individual at the business end of the gun. In fact, in most cases where a gun is pointed at another person, such as in a robbery situation, there is a very small chance that the intruder will actually pull the trigger. The reason for this is simple. The robber's intent is to frighten you into giving up the item he wants to take from you, such as money, a piece of jewelry or your automobile. A person with the intent on killing you will simply walk up to you, shoot you and take whatever they want. This is the difference between an amature with a gun and a professional killer. The carjacker, for all intents and purposes, regardless of age, functions as a professional killer. Engaging in unnecessary conversation with this individual can get you killed! If you listen to news accounts on the television, you'll see a pattern where people "upset" the attacker with the gun and place themselves in grave danger of forcing a tragic end to a bad situation. Don't talk to the person with the gun. Don't argue with him or her as to why are they doing this, or ask them questions of any type. They they are not interested in answering. MY CHILDREN ARE IN THE BACK SEAT: When you are looking down the barrel of a gun, your mind is usually in a state of confusion. Thinking clearing can sometimes be difficult. This is NOT the time to have indecision as to what you must do. First, there isn't a parent reading this text that would walk away and leave their children in the back seat of the car. By asking the person with the gun if you can get your children, you create another problem. What if he says, "NO"? Even if this person with the gun says no, are you going to leave your 7 year old child and nine month old baby in the back seat of the car? Of course not. You're going to get your children regardless of the consequences of your action. So, when the person with the gun tells you to get out of the car, don't argue with him, but ASSUME it also means your family as well. You should teach your child to ALWAYS follow your directions. If mommy or daddy says to get out of the car, then that's what your child should quickly do. Infants and young children can't understand or comprehend the seriousness or complexity of the situation and need your immediate assistance. Any person who has ever taken a child out of a car seat knows that it can be an ordeal unlocking the safety harness and fighting their little kicking feet. However, get them ALL out quickly and get away from your vehicle. Your car and anything of material value in it can be replaced. You and your family can not. |
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