Okay, no armchair commandoing, first we have to get the facts of what actually happened:
What would you do?
he has no weapons that you can see, but you have no idea if he has aids or hepatitis and you also realize that there is no rationalizing with him in his current state.
Do you show him the holster?
Do you defend yourself without the use of the sidearm?
Do you worry that he may grab your firearm if he tackles you?
What the hell do you do in a situation like that? What if your trying to hit him in the face multiple times because he's punching you and its not doing anything, he just won't stop because of the drugs?
man, this happened to me tonight. I don't carry because its illegal, but I didn't have anything on me, no knife, no spray, just my friggen wits. I didn't instigate him but I did get him on my camera phone video just for kicks, but I avoided eye contact just because its not worth me getting aids if I make him bleed.
Just curious to see what CC holders would do in this situation.
Okay, what exactly happened to you? I'm having a difficult time separating the "what if's " from the "this happened to me" dialog. Did he lunge at you? Did he get in your face and yell at you? Did you yell at him, or yell back at him? Did he actually hit you? Did you actually hit him in the face several times with no apparent effect? Like I said, I'm trying to separate the "what if" from the "what did happen". Once that is clarified then perhaps there can be more concrete replies. All I can tell somewhat for certain is that some guy who might have been hopped up on drugs boarded a train and was video'd with the OP's cell phone, beyond that I'm unclear.
I will say that if there is no reasoning with the dude then flashing your holster will do no good, and might in fact only instigate him to escalate his behavior, or will make him have a desire to take possession of your firearm. Once a battle is engaged then things change quickly, but even there there is no clear and absolute precise decision/response to take. If he tries to take the gun then training in retention comes into play. If he attacks you then training in hand to hand self defense comes into play. At which point your defense crosses into the realm of reasonable and prudent use of lethal force to protect your life will depend upon too many variables to easily go into here.
I'm no expert, I just have unofficial opinions based on personal experience and various things I've seen and read. I'm not about to tell someone in another country that if a drugged up guy gets on a train to then flash your holster at him, that sounds like a good way to get dead or jailed yourself.
I'll go back to my armchair now (checking to ensure that the chair I'm sitting in does in fact have arms, not that I'm armed, not that I'm not). Present the facts, or cleanly separate the facts from the questions, then proceed. Otherwise you're just stirring stew.
ps, I know nobody was calling me an armchair commando, just trying to get to the facts.
