Tonight I had a situation that escalated to the point I questioned whether or not to pull out my carry weapon. I am ok with my handling of the situation now but I as look back, it could have gone easily a different way.
It was after dark, in the wife's SUV and we pulled out of the auto car wash in Port Arthur on Hwy 365 headed to HEB, about 75 yards to the turn off. I saw no one coming as the traffic light is ways down so I pulled out. As I am slowing to make the right hand turn, an Orange Jeep comes by me on my left and swoops over in front of me at the turn, stops in my lane, gets out and approaches the car. There was a car directly behind me, and another behind them. I was boxed in with high speed traffic on my left. He came at the car, hollering that I pulled out in front of him and I motioned and yelled for him to get back. I did this several times, telling him to leave and he was yelling and cussing. Finally, he turned to walk away and spun around and punched the driver's window but it did not break.
I was told to never pull your gun unless you are set on killing the threat. After rethinking the situation, he very well could have been returning to get a weapon? I never saw a weapon on him so I did not see a need to draw as he was approaching.
I might have had an out but I would have run over the guy, or at least him him for sure as I was driving off. Another option was I could have rammed his left rear, pushed it off enough to get away, possibly, and stay out of the faster traffic on my left.
Either way, I was not going to get out or let my window down, but I am second guessing if I should have engaged him as he approached? What if he would have broken the window when he punched it? When do you draw the line and draw on the guy?
We called the police, had the plates out of La and followed him a bit as he was going the direction we were heading and met with the PA Police at a gas station but I know there is nothing they can do, if they can even find him.
It was after dark, in the wife's SUV and we pulled out of the auto car wash in Port Arthur on Hwy 365 headed to HEB, about 75 yards to the turn off. I saw no one coming as the traffic light is ways down so I pulled out. As I am slowing to make the right hand turn, an Orange Jeep comes by me on my left and swoops over in front of me at the turn, stops in my lane, gets out and approaches the car. There was a car directly behind me, and another behind them. I was boxed in with high speed traffic on my left. He came at the car, hollering that I pulled out in front of him and I motioned and yelled for him to get back. I did this several times, telling him to leave and he was yelling and cussing. Finally, he turned to walk away and spun around and punched the driver's window but it did not break.
I was told to never pull your gun unless you are set on killing the threat. After rethinking the situation, he very well could have been returning to get a weapon? I never saw a weapon on him so I did not see a need to draw as he was approaching.
I might have had an out but I would have run over the guy, or at least him him for sure as I was driving off. Another option was I could have rammed his left rear, pushed it off enough to get away, possibly, and stay out of the faster traffic on my left.
Either way, I was not going to get out or let my window down, but I am second guessing if I should have engaged him as he approached? What if he would have broken the window when he punched it? When do you draw the line and draw on the guy?
We called the police, had the plates out of La and followed him a bit as he was going the direction we were heading and met with the PA Police at a gas station but I know there is nothing they can do, if they can even find him.
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