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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 2481649" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>When you honk or gesture, you are offering to enter into a relationship with the other party. Do you really want to do that?</p><p></p><p>I agree with the earlier poster who has become much less interactive since beginning to carry legally. I also agree that the petite wife with the active finger and the CCW needs to modify her behavior before she either gets hurt or ends up having to shoot somebody. Either situation is a life changing event, and neither will result in anything good.</p><p></p><p>Whoever said no stickers on his vehicles is dead right. There is nothing that I believe in that would not insult someone out there, and I like to be selective in who I insult.</p><p></p><p>Although the reporter in the Tulsa incident doesn't know how to spell "brake," and seems to be writing impaired in general, it appears that the victim has realized his role in starting this event. Obviously there is a nut with a gun out there. I hope he is apprehended, but doubt that it will happen.</p><p></p><p>As for going to a convenience store, there are two kinds of risk management; procedural, and operational. Events often dictate modifying published precedure. Generally, non escalation will be best, but that may not be the case all the time. Shooting back is likely to be a bad idea, but it may become one's only option. Ramming is likely to be a bad idea too, but it also may become the only option. Cell phones add an element of safety since you can call for help which may eventually arrive.</p><p></p><p>Running away is likely to be a better option. In the 70s some idiot started shooting at my car, and I outran him. Never knew why he picked on me--may have been mistaken identity. I had no gun at the time. Sure had one on me for a long time after that. Went quickly from a pistol novice to pretty good, and carried concealed (totally illegally at the time) for a couple of years.</p><p></p><p>Nearly every case of road rage that I have seen and heard about has been a two-handed game. "It takes two to tangle" is an old fractured quote that carries a lot of wisdom. "Anger is simply a distorted desire to teach" is another one that might give a little personal perspective to a lot of us.</p><p></p><p>Stay cool, and let the fools pursue their personal journey to hell by themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 2481649, member: 711"] When you honk or gesture, you are offering to enter into a relationship with the other party. Do you really want to do that? I agree with the earlier poster who has become much less interactive since beginning to carry legally. I also agree that the petite wife with the active finger and the CCW needs to modify her behavior before she either gets hurt or ends up having to shoot somebody. Either situation is a life changing event, and neither will result in anything good. Whoever said no stickers on his vehicles is dead right. There is nothing that I believe in that would not insult someone out there, and I like to be selective in who I insult. Although the reporter in the Tulsa incident doesn't know how to spell "brake," and seems to be writing impaired in general, it appears that the victim has realized his role in starting this event. Obviously there is a nut with a gun out there. I hope he is apprehended, but doubt that it will happen. As for going to a convenience store, there are two kinds of risk management; procedural, and operational. Events often dictate modifying published precedure. Generally, non escalation will be best, but that may not be the case all the time. Shooting back is likely to be a bad idea, but it may become one's only option. Ramming is likely to be a bad idea too, but it also may become the only option. Cell phones add an element of safety since you can call for help which may eventually arrive. Running away is likely to be a better option. In the 70s some idiot started shooting at my car, and I outran him. Never knew why he picked on me--may have been mistaken identity. I had no gun at the time. Sure had one on me for a long time after that. Went quickly from a pistol novice to pretty good, and carried concealed (totally illegally at the time) for a couple of years. Nearly every case of road rage that I have seen and heard about has been a two-handed game. "It takes two to tangle" is an old fractured quote that carries a lot of wisdom. "Anger is simply a distorted desire to teach" is another one that might give a little personal perspective to a lot of us. Stay cool, and let the fools pursue their personal journey to hell by themselves. [/QUOTE]
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