Kidnapping: What Choice Do You Make?

[RBH]

I was watching AMW yesterday and I saw something that gave me a great chit chat idea. Imagine a guy comes up to you and points a gun at your head and says he is taking you hostage, you have to come with him. If you scream, he will kill you. Do you listen to him and hope that he will let you live or do you scream your lungs out and hope someone hears you and scares the guy off? let's take things a little further, say the said guy wants to put you in the trunk of his car, do you allow him to? Even if you do not know where he might take you? Final question, do you fight back?

I would scream but I would not let him put me in the car and would try and fight back. I figure that if he is going to take me hostage, he is planning on killing me anyways so I would not name him as the suspect.

So in summary the three questions.
1. Would you scream?
2. Would you go in the trunk?
3. Would you fight back?

 

[My$terio_Fan]

I would scream my head off and attack him. I would try to get the gun away from him anyway I could. I think I would have a better chance at surviving than to yet him put me in a trunk, where he could later easily stop the car, open the trunk and have a blank shot at me. Also if he takes me as a hostage he has to no that I could easily identify him to police if he lets me live so it would be easy for him to take the car to the middle of nowhere and kill me. But I guess I dont really know what I would do if the situation were to happen to me because under pressure you may do something else. But I feel like I would have a better chance at surviving if I never let him take me hostage in the first place.

 

[HBK-aholic]

I'd do what he asks. If he's going to try taking you hostage, who knows what else he could do. People say all the time in a situation where they were being attacked they'd scream for help, kick and shout. But honestly, you can't say it unless you've been n that position; sometime's it's just not safe. I'd rather be taken hostage, kidnapped, mugged or raped than killed. And if being quiet and doing what he asks is the way to stay alive, that's what I'd do.

Personally, I'd freeze and not be able to think. It's so funny, all the things you think you'd do until you're in that situation. But when you actually are it's totally different. Your main thought is to stay alive and arguing with a madman who has a gun to your head is not the way to do that.

 

[DJ]

1.Depends on the area.If its my home then there is no point.If its in a crowded area hell yes scream.But I wouldn't scream if I had too.Infact I'd calm myself and look for ways out.I can do a killer armbar-I've grounded 3 people with it.So if I get the chance what the hell?Try it.

2.Never go in the trunk.NEVER.You'll end up not knowing where you are or what way you went from the point of the kidnapping.Unless its one of those trunks that have a see through top then don't go in the trunk.

3.If I got the chance.Take in your surrondijngs-When the moment strikes that gun.If he comes near you shot the fucker in the foot.Then run.Run for your life.

As HBK-Aholic said its funny.You never do these things in these situations.Funny world.

 

[FromTheSouth]

First of all, just because he has a gun doesn't mean he's going to use it. You have to judge the kidnapper to see fi you think he's crazy enough. I would personally fight. First of all, I don't think, generally, that someone who wanted a hostage would just kill you in the street. If he wants a hostage it's to negotiate, or rape you.

Secondly, if you did get in the trunk, every car made for the last 10-15 years has a pull tab in the trunk to release the lock if you get stuck in there, so just wait for the car to stop and hop on out.

 

[48.7 is Approximately 49 Times Better Than You]

A man put a gun to my grandpa's back when he was like, 40. He said it was the scariest thing he had ever experienced. He told me that he froze and wasn't able to think. The man told him to give him his wallet and car keys. Now, my grandpa said he always thought it'd be easy to kick the guy in the balls or knock the gun away or fight or scream, but he couldn't. All he thought about was staying alive. Fortunately for him, he saw a cop stopped at a red light across the street. The cop couldn't see my grandpa though. Well, anyway, he just started to run for his life. Thankfully, the man didn't fire. So, my grandpa was lucky.

I'd like to say that I would fight and scream and run, but when there is a gun to your head, you can't function. I'd do as he said and hope to live.

 

[OIL]

1. Would you scream?
2. Would you go in the trunk?
3. Would you fight back?

1. No. The minute I do that, they should shoot me. They couldn't take the chance that someone hears and comes to investigate.

2. Fuck no. I ain't lettin' no bastard take me anywhere. He could drive us off a cliff for all I know. I haven't been living 16 years for some dude to just ruin it.

3. I would like to think so. But in that sort of situation you have no idea how to react. Primary instincts are to do whatever is nessecary to ensure you live. If that means not fighting, then that's what you do. But I would like to think that if someone is pointing a gun at me, I would wait for that split second when he loses concentration, knock that gun or knife out of his hand and punch the living crap out of him.

 

[Showtime]

Scream and try to run or fight back. Unless he's killed people before, he most likely won't want to shoot you or won't have the guts to either, one shot and it's life. They mostly work with fear, and if your scared, ur in their control, again that is if they haven't killed before, if they have, ur f'ed. I'd scream, I most certantly wouldn't get in a trunk under my own power (they'd have to knock me out first), and fight back?, probably not, but I'd definitly try to run.

 

[48.7 is Approximately 49 Times Better Than You]

I am the man of one thousand and six holds, so I would put that evil do-er in an armbar, making him drop the gun. Then, I would scream and run away.

Though, I don't think you can say what you would do. It'd be so different, actually being in that position. I don't think I'd be able to do much of anything.

 

[Rusty]

If someone pointed my gun at my head, theres no way I'd would take the risk of being killed by screaming. I would never put my life at such risk. I would also let him put me in his trunk because once again, I'm not prepared to put my life at such risk. But once he opened his trunk to pull me out, I would find a way to either fight back or run for my life eventually.

I'm not the type of person to take many risks especially with my life on the line. I'd be very shocked and as Becca said, your main thought would be staying alive. If I had my phone on me I would call the police instantly, maybe when I'm in the trunk.

I could say these things but if the situation arised, I would probably do things differently as I wouldn't have much thinking time and would be scared shitless.

 

[oneandonly]

If someone pointed a gun at my head to try and take me hostage I would do whatever they asked. But if they put me in a trunk I would use my phone to call 911. Then when he stops I would pull the thing to let myself out and run to the nearest department store.

But if it came down to it I don't think I would be able to do those things.

 

[NYSandman]

I'm fighting back, no matter what. First of all, my family doesn't have the money to get me back.

Secondly, the money drop is impossible. There is no way to exchange a hostage for money without getting caught. "Don't involve the cops!" Yeah, right, like that ever works.

Also, in today's criminal society, you're going to be killed anyhow, so you might as well fight.

I, for one, am not worried. I am pretty much off the grid and have no value. If it were a bunch of sex crazed women trying to kidnap me to become a gimp, then I'd gladly climb into the trunk. But anyone else, nah, you're gonna have to kill me.

 

[santinoistight44]

So in summary the three questions.
1. Would you scream?
2. Would you go in the trunk?
3. Would you fight back?

No i would not scream or do anything. I would do anything that he tells you to do, because if you don't whats going to stop him from killing you? Hes already kidnapping you, so what does he havee to lose. Basically, do whatever you can to stay alive.

 

[Jonny B]

This has been said a couple of times in this thread, but the "whats to stop him killing you" thing is bogus. If a person has a gun to your head and they haven't already killed you, they need you alive, this person needs you to go with them alive for whatever reason (money etc...) so that immediately puts you in the position to be able to stop it. More than likely if you run the person is going to give chase rather than actually shoot you. Thats when you look at it from a logical perspective... however.

99% of people react the same way when put in a situation like this, because they do not think rationally they go into survival mode and their brain freezes up I would put money that 99% of people who were put in this situation would go with the person with the gun. People may think or even believe now that they will fight back but they simply wont.

 

[Tim]

I would not scream. I would not let him put me in the trunk. I would not fight back. Basically I would just go numb and wouldn't believe that this was actually happening to me. I wouldn't be able to move and I wouldn't be able to respond to him at all. As nearly everybody else would, unless the had been specially trained or they had some reason driving them.

Like Jonny said, he's not going to kill you if he already has the gun to your head and he hasn't killed you yet. He either needs you for money or something, or doesn't have the guts to go through with this. So you know that you can cause a serious injury to this guy but he wouldn't dare injure you if he wants you for money. So thinking about it now I would definately fight back and scream, but I don't think I would be able to if it actually happened.