Adam Simjee was a Good Samaritan who stopped to help a woman in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama who supposedly had car trouble. He then fell victim to an armed robbery. When he saw his opportunity to draw his concealed pistol, he ordered the robber to get on the ground. The hesitation to shoot was likely because the robber was female, or perhaps simply out of a sense of mercy he would have had for anyone.
She responded by fatally shooting him. He was then able to shoot her a few times and send her to the hospital, but that is no consolation.
Folks, when a robber is holding a weapon or reaching for one, you don't tell them to get on the ground, you don't even yell "freeze" like in the movies, you don't do anything else except immediately shoot, and you keep shooting until the threat is no longer a threat.
If you don't believe you can do this when the situation arises, then don't carry a gun, because your hesitation will get you hurt or murdered.
True story: A few years ago I was casually instructing a young woman on the laws of self-defense in Georgia, and decided to give her a scenario to test her knowledge.
The scene was a drugstore where an armed robber was pointing a gun at a clerk. The defender was able to position himself behind the robber without being seen, and without giving any warning shoots the robber in the back of the head, killing him. Legal or not?
She was incredulous, and thought this was a case of murder. I did my best to explain that in Georgia and many other states (including Alabama and Florida), this was perfectly legal. I even pressed the point that this was perfectly moral as well.
When deadly force is unlawfully threatened against you, you have the right to defend yourself with deadly force, and to even defend the life of another as well, such as the drugstore clerk in my scenario.
You don't legally need to give any warning, giving the robber the opportunity to fire first, for that's your job. You shoot first. That's the best way to win a gunfight. If you can't, then don't carry. Just comply and put yourself under the mercy of the robber. There are odds either way. I prefer the odds with a gun in my hand.
If the laws in your state don't allow this, then you need to consider whether it's best to risk jail or death in defending yourself. The best thing to do would be to move to a state that honors self-defense.
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