To the people in this thread who don't think pulling a CCW weapon in this situation was the right decision; How is it not? I mean really? You are boxed into a tight space with limited movement options, in a car with the window rolled down, and a guy with a tire iron is inside of Tueller distance and approaching while yelling at you?
Getting hit with a tire iron is going to be a pretty brutal injury, especially considering the only available targets are going to be your head, neck, chest, shoulder and left arm.
Yes, he might have tried to drive away. But he's already said there was only a narrow opening between cars and a stop sign dead ahead, which means a cross street and potential traffic. It sounds like an all around "rock and a hard place" position to be in and not seeing it all for myself I have to give the benefit of the doubt.
The bottom line is if he felt his life was in danger and the best option was to pull his CCW then he did the right thing. We can all armchair quarterback all day long but what it all comes down to is this. At that time, in that place, he felt his life was in danger and he pulled his carry weapon to defend himself from that perceived threat. That is the EXACT reason people carry a concealed weapon in the first place. Our thoughts on if it was warrented are irrelevent. The potential threat stopped and the incident ended without any injury or loss of life. The best possible outcome.
The after action decision on chosing to call or not call the police is not so cut and dried and will have supporters on both sides. I'll leave that debate for others. But I say if he felt threatened and thought pulling his weapon was the safest thing to do at that time then he made the right decision.
