Ok,I'm sure this has been covered before, but maybe not this particular scenario:
You're in a parking lot around dusk, just arrived at your car. The parking lot is full but there's no one around until right as you unlock your door a man (appearances are irrelevant for these purposes) shouts from the next lane of cars over "Hey let me ask you something real quick!" You respond appropriately with a firm negative reply. He keeps advancing at a steady pace. By now he's covered half the distance between his starting position and the front of your car (my personal boundaries are the leading edges of my car in such a situation) and insists on talking to you. You respond again with a negative reply, more loudly, and start to enter a defensive posture (blading, hand on weapon, hand out, verbal commands, etc). By now the man has almost reached the front of the car (all of this has happened before you can get in the car and drive away, for discussion purposes) and has drawn a knife. At this point, you see another person, obviously working with the first guy, approaching from behind the cars to your left, also armed with a knife. Both are closing at the same rate of speed.
Just been going over this in my head for a while, and thought I'd get some opinions. I realize that there are a lot of things to be done to de-escalate the situation and/or escape; what I am going over is the worst possible scenario.
--------------------first row of cars-----------------------
Travel lane_______________#1__________________
----------------------#2---*[ ]---------------------------
#1 is final position of BG 1
#2 is final position of BG 2 (equal distance)
* is you or I
[ ] is your car
There are cars parked on all sides of yours, severely limiting movement options.
You're in a parking lot around dusk, just arrived at your car. The parking lot is full but there's no one around until right as you unlock your door a man (appearances are irrelevant for these purposes) shouts from the next lane of cars over "Hey let me ask you something real quick!" You respond appropriately with a firm negative reply. He keeps advancing at a steady pace. By now he's covered half the distance between his starting position and the front of your car (my personal boundaries are the leading edges of my car in such a situation) and insists on talking to you. You respond again with a negative reply, more loudly, and start to enter a defensive posture (blading, hand on weapon, hand out, verbal commands, etc). By now the man has almost reached the front of the car (all of this has happened before you can get in the car and drive away, for discussion purposes) and has drawn a knife. At this point, you see another person, obviously working with the first guy, approaching from behind the cars to your left, also armed with a knife. Both are closing at the same rate of speed.
Just been going over this in my head for a while, and thought I'd get some opinions. I realize that there are a lot of things to be done to de-escalate the situation and/or escape; what I am going over is the worst possible scenario.
--------------------first row of cars-----------------------
Travel lane_______________#1__________________
----------------------#2---*[ ]---------------------------
#1 is final position of BG 1
#2 is final position of BG 2 (equal distance)
* is you or I
[ ] is your car
There are cars parked on all sides of yours, severely limiting movement options.