Angry wannabe RV police encounter
Sunday July 7 we were driving south on US 101 below Yachats Oregon. If you are not familiar, it is narrow and winding with no passing lane for a stretch. The suggested speed signs for the curves ar...
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philh wrote:pitch wrote:
For somebody yelling and screaming?
In our local incident, the road rager punched the driver.
WRT brandishing being illegal, not completely accurate. You are perfectly legal to "brandish" to stop a threat. It's been studied that firearms successfully stop crimes as many as 6,000 times a day. Only a few required the application of venting holes. I've personally seen a "potential" criminal have a change of heart, and there were no holes created.
i stand by my statement that once it becomes or is likely to become physical, my behavior is changing.
Exactly. Been there did that in downtown Detroit a few years ago. Got accosted by a street person wanting money. All I did was open my windbreaker and when he saw I was carrying a holstered 45 acp. His attitude suddenly changed. Any potential perp with half a brain don't want to leak. Myself, I'd rather brandish a bit than have to use lethal force and deal with LE afterwards.
