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p99guy · September 10, 2005, 09:35 AM

You have to justify ANY use of force and it better stand up to the lofty court standard "reasonable and prudent man" and alot of arm chair quarterbacking by folks that have luxury of deciding what you should have done in two seconds while uder attack ...while sitting around a table. and most of these folks may have not been in a threatning situation in years if (ever) If you live in a state that allows you to carry a ASP/OC spray..do consider the option AND get trained to use them....nothing like spraying OC at someone and it blows back in your face(its best to know what it feels like beforehand)..if you use OC YOU WILL GET SOME ON YOU AS WELL MOST OF THE TIME so you have to be ready for that so you can keep fighting.
but "gun or nothing" leaves you with few options to deal with a guy that dont have a weapon but still wishes to punch your lights out for 5 min.

September 10, 2005, 09:35 AM	#5
p99guy Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2004 Location: Haslet,Texas(DFW area) Posts: 1,506	You have to justify ANY use of force and it better stand up to the lofty court standard "reasonable and prudent man" and alot of arm chair quarterbacking by folks that have luxury of deciding what you should have done in two seconds while uder attack ...while sitting around a table. and most of these folks may have not been in a threatning situation in years if (ever) If you live in a state that allows you to carry a ASP/OC spray..do consider the option AND get trained to use them....nothing like spraying OC at someone and it blows back in your face(its best to know what it feels like beforehand)..if you use OC YOU WILL GET SOME ON YOU AS WELL MOST OF THE TIME so you have to be ready for that so you can keep fighting. but "gun or nothing" leaves you with few options to deal with a guy that dont have a weapon but still wishes to punch your lights out for 5 min.