So I was at a party on new years eve, not one I would normally go to, but I was with a girl and thats were she wanted to go. It was the college kegger type party, I had been drinking a little bubbly and had planned on drinking a little more so my pistol was locked in the trunk. I was mingling and meeting people throughout the night and had been sipping on the same dixie cup of warm beer since I arrived. At midnight everyone crowded into the den for the countdown. At some point I or someone else pushed, elbowed, shoved or otherwise aggrivated this one guy. He saw me and for some reason decided I was at fault. He had to have been pretty drunk because I am 6'3 250 and he was about 6'0 175. As soon as he gets in my face one of his buddies pulls him away and escorts him outside. He comes back in and apologizes and offers to pour me a beer. We talk and laugh off the previous encounter. About an hour later I am standing out back,against the wall having a smoke sipping the same beer talking to a guy. I am standing near the keg and don't pay attention to the 5-6 guys standing around it. Next thing I know I have been sucker punched in the jaw/ear area. As I spin around I notice the guy from earlier and 4-5 other guys. My back is against the wall, the have formed a semi circle around me. All I hear is them yelling at me and I am yellin at them. There yelling about a knife and I notice there are refering to the CRKT m16 in my hand. I still dont remember pulling it out of my pocket, but there it was in my right hand pulled close to my body and my left hand was up in a defensive postition. The exchange of words goes on for a few minutes. The main kid is quickley trying to talk himself out of the situation, as am I, I just keep telling them to go inside, they keep telling me to put down my knife. I eventually release the lock on the knife with my thumb and fold the blade back up still holding it my hand. The people who own the house come outside and everything starts to chill out. As the home owner is talking with me I see the others walking away. He is sorry that it happend but was politley asking me to leave, I have no problem with this and I slip out the back gate. I meet my friend out front and we quietly leave.
Did I do anything wrong? Besides not leaving after the first inncidint? If things had escalated what legal reprocutions would I have faced. 6 on 1 isn't even close to a fair fight, but only one person actually attacked me. I am thinking the knife in my hand probably halted any one else from moving in on me. I am very glad I had not drink that much and I was able to keep a clear head through out the night. I would not ever want to be in that situation heavily intoxicated. If I had not been drinking at all that evening I would have been carrying a gun, would I have been justified in brandishing a gun in this same situation?
Did I do anything wrong? Besides not leaving after the first inncidint? If things had escalated what legal reprocutions would I have faced. 6 on 1 isn't even close to a fair fight, but only one person actually attacked me. I am thinking the knife in my hand probably halted any one else from moving in on me. I am very glad I had not drink that much and I was able to keep a clear head through out the night. I would not ever want to be in that situation heavily intoxicated. If I had not been drinking at all that evening I would have been carrying a gun, would I have been justified in brandishing a gun in this same situation?
