Hi all,
Just a hypothetical for you, no specific incident.
Situation - You're concealed carrying. You get in a confrontation with another person (for the sake of it, we'll assume you had no role in escalating the situation). This person (even match or less to you physically, i.e. no disparity of force) is clearly itching to get in a fight. He is between you and the exit.
Action - What do you do?
Is it legal to attempt to verbally de-escalate the situation by stating that you don't wish to fight, and you're armed? If he initiates the fight at that point, would you be looking at a possibly justified shooting?
If he initiates the fight before you have the opportunity to try to do anything to de-escalate, I see your legal options as "push through him and try to get to the door" or "fight."
In addition to these questions, I assume such a situation would be a case where you have failed in adequate preparation by not having a less-than-lethal option to use to end the situation, e.g. OC spray, correct?
Thanks in advance for your input
Edit: It is presumptuous to assume what starts a fight will remain a fistfight on the aggressor's end, but for the sake of the discussion, he does not produce or indicate a weapon at any point.
Just a hypothetical for you, no specific incident.
Situation - You're concealed carrying. You get in a confrontation with another person (for the sake of it, we'll assume you had no role in escalating the situation). This person (even match or less to you physically, i.e. no disparity of force) is clearly itching to get in a fight. He is between you and the exit.
Action - What do you do?
Is it legal to attempt to verbally de-escalate the situation by stating that you don't wish to fight, and you're armed? If he initiates the fight at that point, would you be looking at a possibly justified shooting?
If he initiates the fight before you have the opportunity to try to do anything to de-escalate, I see your legal options as "push through him and try to get to the door" or "fight."
In addition to these questions, I assume such a situation would be a case where you have failed in adequate preparation by not having a less-than-lethal option to use to end the situation, e.g. OC spray, correct?
Thanks in advance for your input
Edit: It is presumptuous to assume what starts a fight will remain a fistfight on the aggressor's end, but for the sake of the discussion, he does not produce or indicate a weapon at any point.
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