Thank you kraynky. Your friend would have been one of the 96% and it
is stories similar to his that make up the 96%, where just the intimidation
value of the gun is enough to end the incident.

In my own case, in 1944 or 1945 I lived with my family in Idaho Falls.
Down the street a few blocks was Tautphaus Park, where there was a
camp set up to house German prisoners of war.

One night my mother's scream yanked me out bed. I ran to the back
door where she was confronting a German POW who was rattling on the
screen door trying to get the hook to jump off. She yelled at me to
"go get your gun". I was only 9 or 10, but I did have a little single shot
.22 bolt action.

As soon as the German heard "GUN" he turned and ran for the alley.
In the moonlight we could see the POW or PW in big white letters painted
on the back of his shirt.

Yep, I (or we) were in the 96% group. Not needing to shoot. The
intimidation value of just the word "GUN" is quite effective in any
language.

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