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Frightening situations can happen most anywhere. I pulled into the local library parking lot a couple years back, in broad daylight. As I was getting out, a large muscular young man who looked like he stepped out of a thug life movie came running over to my car. There was no time to put a hand up or yell stop. I started to reach under my shirt for my gun and held the door in front of me for partial cover. I was about to draw, when he stopped, standing right in front of me and began to enthusiastically compliment me on the classic car I was driving. He was effusive in his praise and knew quite a lot about this make and model. He just turned out to be an overly enthusiastic fan of this kind of car who scared the whey out of me. This time I was glad I hadn't had time to produce the gun, since he turned out to be a good guy, but it underscored to me the vital importance of situational awareness when I pull up and stop the car, anywhere, anytime.