[Farmland]

You do know that you did do a pretty good job of reviewing your actions after the fact. You recognized that answering the name calling probably wasn't the best option. No doubt it can be a hard one to take but I think the next time you might make the choice to ignore them. IMHO that would be the correct one for a couple of reasons. The first is they could have a gun and just looking for a reason to use it. The second is that when guys are with their buddies they are more likely to escalate a small problem because of peer pleasure.

So the choice of ignoring and walking is a responsible choice which means your sister is safety escorted to the car with out harm. No if you wanted to make these guys learn a lesson you had the option of talking to the manager of the theater. This way these guys didn't get off the hook so easy.

Now you also reviewed your actions during the encounter when you were in your car. A prudent action would have been to start the car and leave. You did make the choice to stay and draw a gun. IMHO you defiantly escalated the encounter to a level of possible deadly outcome over name calling.

You did recognize that this was not a proper reaction. However we may differ on brandishing a weapon when you are not in immediate danger. I believe from your story that you were not. In any event you made the choice to raise the level of some name calling to a level of deadly force. The outcome could have been very different at this point. The other guy could have had a gun, you could have had an accidental discharge and your sister was in more danger than she was from a bunch or words.

The important part thought is that I think you were scared and learned a lesson when encountering just words. It ended well and I do give you credit for thinking over your actions.

What I really would like to know is what would you do different if this same thing happened again? That is the important subject of this thread.

Take car and be safe.