Treo
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I can't help but think that at some point since then, or perhaps some point yet to come, that guy either has killed somebody with his insane recklessness, or he will kill somebody
interesting, in an ironic kind of way
I can't help but think that at some point since then, or perhaps some point yet to come, that guy either has killed somebody with his insane recklessness, or he will kill somebody
My dad and I have a technique for dealing with people who tailgate us and then follow us for miles with fingers and flashing lights and such (we've had it happen a few times)...
The most common thing I do (or he does, it is originally his move) is to decide to move his gun from his holster to the glovebox, and accidentally yawn in the process, stretching his right hand (the hand with the gun) up towards the roof of the car, about a hand's distance away from the rear view mirror.
That almost never fails to get a maniac off our tail.
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The only time I have ever come close to shooting somebody on the road would be back when I was about 14 years old....
... I then asked my mom if she wanted me to reach in the back seat and bring up my rifle, slap a 30 rounder into it, and start shooting before the guy tried some other insane assault with his vehicle. ...
Brandishing? Not at all, in the process of putting away a firearm, involuntary yawning occurs...
It ends escalation
Everybody wins because the idiot doesn't feel so powerful and big that he tries to do something that would end with his being shot.
I would have felt very threatened and defended myself accordingly. One swing of that bat would have been the start of it and one BANG would have ended it.
And once again irony rears its ugly head
Or he's also armed & you just started a gun fight
Colorado would call that brandishing no questions asked, you'd lose your R2KBA ( I'm trying to convince myself that would be bad)
Watch out in Washington State. Yes they issue carry permits but they don't want you using that gun to protect yourself. You can bet if you shot him you would have been arrested. This is an overly liberal state and the crooks have more rights than you. As a matter of fact, even if you don't use your gun and get involved in any kind of legal incident they will use your carry license against you. They know they can arrest you and because your record was clean up to this point you will pay anything to keep it that way. This is where a carry permit works against you. They know you will pay to keep it and believe me you will.
I am speaking from personal experience and the same thing happened to my brother. Each of us on separate incidents were falsely accused of assault. In both cases a spouse lied and made false testimonies. In both cases the cops came and there wasn't even a mark on the lying "victims". The cops say that if their is ANY REMOTE POSSIBILITY they thought you might have illegally touched someone they will issue a citation and probably press charges. If this happens to someone with a rap sheet they will just plea bargain down to a stupid disorderly conduct charge. The cops know you want a totally clean record so they harass you into hiring an expensive lawyer to keep that record squeaky clean.
time I was about 14.5/15 and was able to use the threat of a handgun (snub nosed revolver) in Chicago (yes, Chicago) to keep two "young adults" (18-20 year old gang members who based upon their style of dress were either gang members or violent posers of some sort) who seemed intent on attacking my mother and I (for whatever reason I do not know). All I figure is that they were never counting on a 14 year old skinny white boy to have a .38 revolver. When they heard the words "screw this, I'm getting my gun" and saw my hand going in my fanny pack, they turned and exited the store, VERY quickl
I was with my mother, she was driving me from Ohio to Illinois to spend a part of the summer with her. I had a handgun, a rifle, and a shotgun in the SUV. There was a pickup truck from Georgia towing a long rectangular/flat box-type trailer that was perhaps as long as 2.5 pickup trucks, but it was not a semi. we were going about 5-8 miles per hour over the speed limit (in the left lane) and for about a few miles he kept making gestures at us, waving his arms and all sorts of nonsense.
Running him over with your car.What level of force is appropriate if bonehead started smashing my windows with his bat?
eotech he's saying your mall ninja is showing. hyperbolic tales of bravery told revealing a fool hardy twist.
I think treo has a point. EOTech, if you have done/will do half the things you talk about on this forum I think you have a date with either a jail cell or worse. I'll tell you, if I ever saw someone in a vehicle engaging another vehicle with a 30 round EBR, I wouldn't think the second vehicle was the bad guy. I doubt anyone would.