I'm a member of TLS and this morning I was at a convince store pumping gas and the guy next to me finished getting his gas and then pulled his truck next to me and asked if I knew him because he was wondering why I was looking at him through my sunglasses and that most people when they get out say hi to the person they are looking at(which I didn't even realized I was looking his way) and do I think I am better than he is and that I was a piece of shit. At this point he appeared like he was getting ready to get out of his truck so I stood back and put my hand in my back pocket where my gun was and then he looked down at my hand and told me to F*** off and drove away. My question is if he had gotten out but had no weapon but was coming toward me would it be illegal to pull my gun to try and get him to stop coming toward me? The guy was twice my size and a fight wasn't going to be in my favor if he had attacked me. Any insight would be appreciated.
Face palm! To the people saying you need to be physically assaulted and that you need to man up and take it. No you do not. You can kill someone from a punch, and I can pull up multiple articles the most recent being the teen in High School that punched another teen, and the teen died. Not to mention brain trauma can affect you for the rest of your life. My thoughts and view is if you punch me you are trying to kill me. Because I will not hold back, I'm a peaceful person, but I will be dammed if I am going to get beat up. I had an altercation in Whataburger, now mind you I'm 23, 5'9 210 pounds and I have some muscle, I can shoulder press 135 above my head 8 times, and deadlift 345lbs. This guy was in his 40's or 50s 5'6 and I don't know 180 hispanic or white, and was their with his grand daughter or family member she was like 6, and waved his hand in front of me, because the cashier was quiet, and I was on my phone and apparently the cashier was trying to talk to me. Anyways I ordered my food, then I said to the man that was pretty rude of you, he got all in my face, and made a veiled threat, had he attacked me I would've pulled my gun, and put emptied my magazine in his chest, or until he stopped. I also told him to stay away from me, practice verbal commands when at the range, and practice stay away, stop, do not come forward, It's not a game, and I applaud you I think he got the hint his day was going to be a very bad day and left once he saw your hand. The only thing I would have done different, is probably drawn my gun secretly, and taken cover and told him to leave, or just walk inside the store, but walk backwards. You didn't know if he had a gun or not. It's a tough situation all around, but always try to deescalate, it's better than having to fill out paperwork, and having to explain why you had to use deadly force. Another story was I was with my friend last night, and we were downtown SA, now my friend is black and I'm white, and this white guy, 40's 50's road up on his bike, and both my friend and I were startled, he was a drug addict, and asking for directions then asked for change, we were both cordial to the guy, but what if he asked for change and we didn't give him any change, that's when you have to be prepared to draw and shoot. Always look around, and it's hard to always be aware of your situations at all times, but if you are aware chances are you will be less likely to be a victim. And confront your threat, their less likely to try anything if your confronting them staring them down. Don't blame yourself he may have wanted to start a fight for who knows what reason. But you did the right thing. But if you legally tell someone to stop coming toward you, you pull your gun and they still continue forward you need to shoot to stop the threat. Any sane person that has a gun pulled on them, and they are going to run the other way. I'm not trying to be a know it all, or rude, but I'm a TLS member, and you don't have to provide proof of your membership to post on forums.
