I got an email in regards to my earlier post concerning me getting angry at an RO for yelling at me. I mentioned that drawing a concealed pistol entered my mind, apparently I was not very clear in why that entered my thoughts, so allow me to clarify why I posted that.
It was not out of anger at all that I considered drawing.
It was an instinctual thought.
I saw a man closing the cylinder on a live-fire range, and at the same time I noticed that my brother was in the line of fire. My first instinct was to protect my younger brother.
Instinct screamed stop the threat, and first thought was pistol. Conscious thought, however, prevailed, and I did the right thing in this case by leaving the pistol holstered.
My seething anger did not come in seeing the man at the firing line when he shouldn't be, the anger came when HE, a range officer, pointed the accusatory finger at me for his stupidity and potentially deadly actions.
By that point, my concealed weapon was the furthest thing from my mind, as the threat to my brother was over.
Re-reading my post, I see that wasn't clear, but that was my intent.
I hope this clarifies what I meant to anyone that was unsure.
-SS