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Scott Javoroski's Self-Defense Story

Discover how USCCA Membership provided critical support to Scott, helping him navigate legal challenges and reclaim his life.

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Charges: No Charges Filed
Not Guilty: Attacker Remains at Large
$3,000: Legal fees covered

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Scott Javoroski had a five-star rating, four years, and roughly 7,000 rides without incident.

None of it prepared him for the ninety seconds that nearly ended his night ... or the rideshare company's response to it afterward.

He was 51, a father of five, an IT consultant who drove rideshare on weekend nights to help cover his kids' soccer camps and dance travel.

On the night of February 20, 2021, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, a ride request came through from a rider named "Alpha." No last name. Two men in dark hooded sweatshirts, hoods up, faces masked, approached his Audi A6 outside a Milwaukee apartment complex.

One climbed into the back seat – Scott greeted him by name and the man responded softly.

Then, without warning, the man in the back seat lunged forward…

The second man ripped the driver's door open. "GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!"

The man in back screamed, jamming something hard into Scott's shoulder, neck and head.

At the same time, the second man grabbed his arm, trying to force him out of the vehicle.

Scott was pinned between them, certain there was a gun at his back.

He kept a Walther CCP 9mm in the driver's door compartment, an off-body solution he preferred to carrying on his hip while driving. The second man now stood between him and it.

When his seat belt finally popped free, he cleared the man from the door with his left arm and drew with his right, leveling the gun at the attacker's chest from roughly two feet away.

"His eyes got big, and he threw up his hands, screamed and ran off," Scott said.

He swept his arm back to clear the second attacker too, who fled as well…

Despite the standoff, he never fired a shot.

"Realistically, they were no longer a threat," he said.

The entire encounter, start to finish, lasted one minute and three seconds.

He drove to a gas station, calling 911 along the way. Officers arrived within ten minutes and interviewed him for over an hour. Dashcam footage confirmed his account and revealed something neither of them had known in the moment: what the man had jammed into his shoulder wasn't a gun ... It was a cellphone.

One of the responding detectives thanked him before driving off.

She thanked him simply: "Thank you for exercising your Second Amendment rights."

Scott didn't need to call the Critical Response Team he had access to through his USCCA Membership that night ... but he called the next day anyway, just to log the incident.

A local news station wanted the footage for a segment on the attackers, still at large. Scott agreed to an interview, wearing a USCCA shirt on camera. An hour after it aired, the rideshare company called him back ... this time about the firearms in his car, a violation of its no-weapons policy.

"It was deactivated for about 24 hours before they brought it back online," Scott said.

He went back to driving, with new screening rules of his own: no obvious nicknames, no riders without a history on the platform.

"As a driver, our name is on the app. Our picture is on the app. Our car is on the app. Our license plate is on the app," Scott said. "The passengers know all of those details."

His mother still worries. His wife has made peace with it.

For Scott, being a USCCA Member wasn't about needing a lawyer…

It was about knowing exactly what to do in the ninety seconds when it mattered, and having somewhere to turn the moment after.

Surviving an attack is only half the battle.

The legal fight that follows can be just as devastating to your freedom, family, and finances.

Attorney retainer:

$25k–$100k+

Expert witnesses:

$5k–$15k

(each)

Trial & bail costs:

$100k–$500k+

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