A gun was pulled on my mum.

11 am in the morning, a very busy road, a very busy banks' parking lot.  My mother walked down the stairs to her car and saw a masked man run around her car and come up to her.  He pointed a gun at her chest.  My mother screamed and ran back up.

UNHURT!!

She is alive an that is what is important.  She said the whole time she was running up the stairs she thought she would be shot in the back.

The men had robbed 2 women and drove off in a stolen car.

I got extremely angry when she told me - not at her, but that our lives have no value to these criminals. Human life is worth R 2000 ($300 - this is how much a stolen car will sell for), or a cellphone or sometimes - nothing.  (A friend of a friend was shot in the stomach and drove off and died on her own - they didn't get anything, but they took her life) 

Anger at the criminals.  Anger at the government for making this country a criminals paradise.

We were robbed at gun point when we were at Bethel. I still am angry at it. We were demanded to go by an older sister in the hall to see her mom. My husband was an elder and she was pissed off that we had not went to see her mother yet. Only she did not tell us that her mom lived in one of the worst parts of Brooklyn. So we went and were robbed at gun point and the sister was get this still mad that we never made it to her moms. I guess after having your life threatened we should have just kept going? The sister said this is Brooklyn what did you expect. The sister never said 'I am sorry I forgot to tell you mom lives in a area where white people should not go'. Nothing but being more pissed at me husband for the rest of the time we were in the hall. 

Bethel was the same way. They were mad at us for putting ourselves in danger. They said why did you listen to that sister you should have known that you could not be there. No one told us You could not win. And Bethel would not let us move to a different hall they said to tough it out where we were. The white DO two weeks latter got mugged at the same spot that we did and Bethel started to go off on him and he flipped out. We were not as important as a DO though.

I love the feeling of love in this religion that I have felt.

Thank god your mum is alright!!! That's really scarry...

I am sorry when I first posted this I forgot to say the anger you have. I agree with you LouBelle. The anger at no one caring. There is nothing you can do. I still have the anger. You  just try not to think about it.

I should have said I am sorry about what your mom went through. It is so hard and my heart goes out to you both. LITS

I'm so sorry that this happened to your mom. How scary!

Dear LouBelle :

Yes, life is cheap. In their eyes. I'm glad your mum's all right. Sorry for your grief and anger.

Love,

CoCo

Oh!  Thank God your mother is okay!

...  Goodness !!!  So glad to hear your Mom is okay, I'm sure that was very scary for you both. 

You have a right to be angry !!!  I can't imagine going thru something like that, I wouldn't be able to calm down for days.

I got extremely angry when she told me - not at her, but that our lives have no value to these criminals.

I can understand your feelings, we just had a little 2yr. old boy murdered in our town, two days ago.  The Mother's boyfriend is in jail facing murder charges... the life of a child meant nothing to him. 

((Hugs))

Cas

I'm so glad she wasn't hurt badly or killed, LouBelle!

Goodness!

Sylvia

Happy to hear your mother just ran- and wasn't shot. 

Oh Poor MUm...So happy she is alive.

I 've been held at gun point twice. My parents where thrown on the ground on the parking lot of a restaurant and held with a shotgun pointed at them. Thankfully none of us were hurt, but those instances showed us the ugly side of life. It's a feeling I don't wish on anyone (well, maybe one or two people :p)

I'm sorry it happened to your mom, but I'm glad she's alright.

thank goodness you still have your mum

Scary I'm sure...I'm so happy she wasn't hurt.

She and you might enjoy watching this Karate Self Defence video on YouTube. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REG3-Wb5gM

I'm into the self defense thing. I would have taken the gun and shot him in his ass. Nothing more embarrassing than being shot in the ass with your own gun.

From what I've heard, it's best to throw your purse, keys or whatever the robber is after, behind him, so he has to turn around and pick it up while you run away in the oposite direction.  Years ago while working at a store, I was robbed at gunpoint.  I stayed calm and gave him the $50 that was in the drawer, but everything else is blank after that.  Apparently, after the robber fled I locked up the store, called my husband at the time and then called the police.  I had to be coaxed into unlocking the doors for he police, but I don't remember any of it.  They caught the guy a few hours later, and I identified him in a line up.  I went to court to testify, but it was unneccessary.  He copped a plea for bad check charges, and the robbery charge was dropped.  He was sentenced to 22 months...tha's what I call real justice.

Glad to hear your mum's all right physically.  It may take some time for her to get over it emotionally.  Crime sucks! 

my heart is just thumping out of my chest!!

what a horrific experience for  your mother
and YOU as well.... your anger is appropriate!!

hope everyone is able to recover from the fright

Lou,

That's horrible! I'm glad she's okay. I was robbed at work and forced to the ground with the gun to my head. After a couple of minutes, I was taken to another room and shoved to the ground. Then, I was locked in a walk in refridgerator. It was a terrifying experience. I had PTSD for years after and have just recently realized that I must be over it now. It still sends chills down my spine remembering it. The elders and others lack of concern at all is what sent me over the aposta-edge. It revealed what they really were.

Lou

I have to say I am sorry about my post. I was up in the middle of the night when I first read your thread I do not sleep well and I do not think well either at that time of the morning. I did not mean to sound like I was going off on my own story. 

What you and your mom has been though is horrible. And I am sorry if I sound wrong in telling my story. It just brought back so many bad memories of what we went through. I am still not over it. 

I am sorry that your mom has been through. It is horrible and there is nothing you can do about it. That is the worst part of it. Our lives mean nothing to these people.

Again I am sorry. LITS