I made a food run at 3AM in rural PA without my CCW. I’ll never do that again

This just happened a few minutes agoTL;DR - I got lazy. Decided to stay in sweatpants rather than put pants and a belt on or my shoulder holster. It COULD have escalated into a truly dangerous situation and the only thing I had on me was a small 3” Spyderco. Never again.I couldn’t sleep and was craving Chili Dogs and Reese’s Cups, so I drove to my local Sheetz at 3AM. I live in a pretty rural area of Western PA which is usually quiet. Nothing really happens around here except that one time a guy that shot at the White House was found in a hotel right down the road from me 🧐Anyway, I digress...I drove the 1/4 mile to my local sheetz and stepped inside. I immediately noticed it was busier than usual at this time of night. There was a family of 8 or 9 African-Americans there waiting for food and shopping around. They were being loud and annoying, but I didn’t think anything of it.I ordered my food, grabbed my candy, then went to the register to pay and pick up a roll of Skoal. All of the sudden as the cashier is handing me my change an alarm starts blaring throughout the store and two of the older males from the “family” rush outside.Again I was kind of careless and sleepy and it didn’t really register with me that something could be going on. I assumed someone just forgot to pay for something.After I paid and grabbed my food I walked outside maybe 10 seconds after the two guys. Right as I step out the door I heard shouting and looked to my right where 2 feet away the older of the two guys grabs the younger one by the collar and throws him up against the wall hard enough to leave him gasping for air. The instigator then starts shouting at himAt this point I woke up and realized I needed to get the fuck out of there. But apparently I caught the dudes eye since I stopped and stared at what they were doing.He starts shouting at me yelling white boy this and cracker that. I ran to my car, locked the door and put the key into the ignition. Literally a second later he’s pounding on my window, shouting, and trying to open my door.I shifted into reverse, then first, dropped my clutch and peeled the fuck out of there.It was an eye opening experience. If he would’ve had a weapon or pulled me out of my car I would’ve been basically helpless since he was probably 6’2” 240 or 250 and I’m 5’5” 150 lbs.I’ll never leave home without my gun again. via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/2GTelff