but it will be me in court defending myself, not me and OSA.
WHAT???? I thought you guys had my back?????
but it will be me in court defending myself, not me and OSA.
Even with all the training in the world you don't KNOW how you'll react until AFTER you have.... until the situation is staring you in the face or you have trained force on force would you know how to or how YOU would react.
I wasn't there, I'm not sure if the light was flashed into, at, or near the car. I'm just putting this out there for discussion. Something to think about. I know the guy was very fearful and shooken up. His family was terrified. A pop up camper wasn't exactly solid cover.
My personal motto is like others have said, carrying a weapon is greater cause for avoiding confrontations. I think many people have a picture of someone kicking in their door, having a gun pulled on them, or coming across an active shooter. Never giving thought to two drunken shirtless GOB's looking for trouble. I think many of us have an idea in our minds how we would react to certain situations, but until the situation is staring you in the face or you have trained force on force would you know how to or how YOU would react.
Omitting the rhetoric maybe someone can take something from this.
Did you edit your first post to say this a fiction story, after I questioned the story. Now you post this like it did happen.
So which is it? Oh and welcome to OSA!
I think the valuable take-away here is that we should act to avoid initiating contact with an apparent threat. An "apparent threat" could be a speeder in the campground or neighborhood, a tailgater, a tweaker in the park, etc. In the case of the camper, they had cell coverage and could have just reported the speeder to the sheriff.
I live on a residential through-street, and the speeders drive me crazy. But I realize that initiating contact with them, whether by flashlight, gesturing, or shouting, is likely to create conflict. And since they've already demonstrated a criminal inclination and wreckless disregard for my family's safety, is it safer to assume that conflict will self-diffuse or escalate?
WHAT???? I thought you guys had my back?????
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