If the person jacking you is waving his weapon around you can't know if it's a car jacking or car jacking plus murder. You are also at the mercy of the jackers level of training, discipline and mercy.
"According to the NCVS, from 1992 and 1996, about 49,000 completed or attempted nonfatal carjackings took place each year in the United States. The carjacking was successful in about half of incidents. Data on fatal carjackings are not available; "about 27 homicides by strangers each year involved automobile theft," but not all of these were carjackings."
Carjackers (if not completely deranged) just want your car with minimal hassle and use weapons to instill fear and for personal protection.?ÿ According to the above your odds of being murdered are way below 0.05% even if you resist.?ÿ I'll claim if you counter with equal deadly force (a firearm) those odds skyrocket because now the carjacker fears for his life and will defend himself.
"Some 93% of carjackings occur in urban areas.?ÿ There were multiple carjackers in 56% of incidents. A weapon was used in 74% of carjacking incidents."
So my take is if you don't live in Chicago/Detroit/New Jersey your odds of getting carjacked are practically nil, and if you do get jacked and decide to counter with deadly force half the time you'll be dealing with two guys who already have the jump on you so whipping out your Glock may not be the best idea unless you're a Massad Ayoob pistol combat warrior.?ÿ Much better is to surrender your keys without resisting and let insurance take care of it.
I've only been in one "carjacking" scenario where some crackhead accosted me with a knife at a remote Arizona gas station/restaurant as I approached my car (only one in the lot).?ÿ Wasn't paying attention and first thought he was a panhandler. I took my keys which were in my hand and threw them as far as I could into the bushes then ran back into the restaurant yelling "call 911, attempted assault!"?ÿ Sat there for an hour 'till the cops showed up, then spent another half hour finding my keys.?ÿ The cops said ya, we know who he is, a big pain in the ass around here and we'll shake him down when convenient and for me to continue on my trip, they'll contact me for a deposition if necessary.?ÿ Never heard a thing about it since then.
It's a gamble for sure.?ÿ You can throw yourself at the mercy of an armed thief who you hope will simply steal objects that can be replaced. Or, you fight back and hope that hours of training give you the upper hand.?ÿ What I disagree with is people who don't train with their weapon system putting bystanders in danger.?ÿ If you carry a weapon for self defense, please practice with it frequently.?ÿ There are many places to get professional instruction and it's usually a blast...
Yes, I'm concerned about the recent surge of people who are buying handguns and a few boxes of ammo at the range with no coaching and consider themselves competent gunslingers.
I was raised around firearms (Idaho) and achieved NRA Distinguished Expert level at age 18.?ÿ Wasn't a star in competitions because I'm a skinny tall guy and the muscular fireplug guys have an advantage, but I was close.?ÿ Did better in skeet & trap competitions but still was second tier.?ÿ Was best at prone rifle competitions.
Handguns are a different game and I think you've got to go through 500 rounds with a new handgun before the mechanics, misfire clearing, holster pull, reloading and safety aspects are second nature, and that includes a lot of dry fire practice at home.?ÿ It should involve coaching and considerable effort.?ÿ
But that's just me, maybe the new Glockish autos are foolproof and any fool can buy one and be an expert in a week.
The odds of being murdered are low, but that doesn't mean you won't be shot, pistol-whipped or both. I aim a bit higher than 'survive'. My preference would be to leave this earth of old age with no extra holes in me. Using my head to stay out of bad situations will do more to achieve that goal than carrying a gun ever will. I still choose to carry and probably always will. It's just another tool...
I would highly suggest getting a dash cam. Brake checking is illegal and if you had run into them and had the proof via the dash cam they would be held liable.
My goal is to be die quickly in a fall from a second story window attempting to escape from an irate, young husband at 104.
You can hope.?ÿ But he says "I didn't want to run over the dog."
I've seen at least one YouTube dashcam video where a car in front brake-checks a following car, which happens to be an unmarked cop car, and gets pinged for it.
