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Douglas Schantz, the president of natural gas firm Sequent Energy Management, was hanging out on Bourbon Street in New Orleans with coworkers around 2 a.m. last Friday morning. He hasn't been seen since.
Originally posted by Signals
I've been to New Orleans many times and I love that place- the food, the people, the music, the smells...Wonderful city but coming up missing, robbed, beaten, killed, etc. is an everyday occurrence.
You gotta stay with the group and don't go wandering off on less traveled streets, especially at 2:00 am...
Originally posted by Mr.Jcury
reply to post by getreadyalready
Bet things would be diferent if he had a MAC10.
Any one agrees with me?
Originally posted by getreadyalready
Originally posted by Mr.Jcury
reply to post by getreadyalready
Bet things would be diferent if he had a MAC10.
Any one agrees with me?
Well, there is really no defense for a smash and grab, or an out and out murder. I had a 0.380 auto in my inside pocket, but I didn't have much of an opportunity or desire to use it.
Things happened so quickly that they could easily have 1. shot me first, 2. hit me with their car, 3. grabbed and struggled with me before I could get my hand in my pocket. If things went very badly, I probably could have fought them off a while, and maybe got my hands on my gun eventually, but in reality if a group of grown men swoop up and intend you harm, there is very little reaction time. It all depends on what type of criminal you are dealing with.
A professional criminal will disable you immediately, before you even know a danger exists! I am all for carrying a weapon, I always have, and I always will, but I am not so naive to think that it makes me safe all the time. It is terrific for coming to someone else's defense. It is a great deterrent, and it is probably useful against a majority of punks that want to threaten and taunt, but have no desire to actually kill you. It is probably worthless against somebody that wants me dead and sees me before I see them!
Originally posted by kosmicjack
reply to post by Jakes51
That is the general direction he was headed but it's very difficult to fall into the Mississippi River in N.O. on accident.
New Orleans – Police no longer suspect foul play in the disappearance of Houston oil executive Douglas Schantz. Schantz was last seen by friends leaving a bar on Bourbon Street in the early hours of Friday morning. New Orleans Police Chief Warren Riley said Tuesday morning that investigators now believe Schantz fell into the Mississippi River near the Natchez River Boat. Several business surveillance cameras follow Schantz from Bourbon St. to the riverfront around 2:40 a.m.
Riley says security video supplied by French Quarter businesses show Schantz leaving a bar and headed in the direction of the river, and one video from near the riverboat Natchez landing shows Schantz walking to the Riverboat Natchez.
"He walks across a restricted area," Riley explained. "The last video of Mr. Schantz is that, is when he was near the boat Natchez, walking on a two to three feet wide walkway near the river."
Riley says after he walked out of frame, Schantz never shows up in the video again over several more hours of recordings.