The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Defense at the Gas Station (among other places)

Clinot · October 23, 2005, 07:27 PM

Second the yelling part, but only if the situation is at that point. You don't want to turn a 30 second chest-puffer situation into a deadly force encounter.

Nothing wrong with leaving.

Unless you know how to exit a vehicle with a threat exterior to your door, dont. The winner is generally always the person outside the car.

Since in your situation that was you, what would you do then? You realize kicking the door back on him pins his leg between the door and the frame, now what? Or you did a kickback on the door, it nailed him, he stumbles out of the car, now what? Are you going to keep escalating this situation? You've become the aggressor, on a situation where you need not have been, now what?

Nothing wrong with leaving.

October 23, 2005, 07:27 PM	#7
Clinot Member Join Date: July 22, 2005 Posts: 25	Second the yelling part, but only if the situation is at that point. You don't want to turn a 30 second chest-puffer situation into a deadly force encounter. Nothing wrong with leaving. Unless you know how to exit a vehicle with a threat exterior to your door, dont. The winner is generally always the person outside the car. Since in your situation that was you, what would you do then? You realize kicking the door back on him pins his leg between the door and the frame, now what? Or you did a kickback on the door, it nailed him, he stumbles out of the car, now what? Are you going to keep escalating this situation? You've become the aggressor, on a situation where you need not have been, now what? Nothing wrong with leaving.