[oldkim]

Just a tibbit from another post. Use of force is used in light of what the situation is.

They got way too close to you - 10 feet and you have about just over a second to react. Remember at 21 feet - it takes a guy about 2.1 seconds to get to you. In that time if you are not ready you can't even draw that fast. For you, you had your hand on your gun and ready.

I would say you did just fine and showed constraint. You're not going to get legal advice from a cop. They are not attorneys and they're not the one prosecuting you.

Just a note: most "CCW gear" emcompasses a gun, knive of some kind and a flashlight pretty much. At the point they were walking towards you from across the street besides giving the verbal commands you could of flashed a flashlight in their eyes.

Your using non-lethal force and your getting your point across not to mess with you. This also blinds them and disorients them - put the focus on not being able to see than messing with you.

If you don't have a good flashlight consider investing in a good CCW flashlight. Look for something 60+ lumens (not candlepower).

Lessons learned. After action review is something that is common now. Your basically doing now. Seeing what happened, what you did and what you can do in the future to better yourself.