The problem is, you never know how crazy the other person might actually be. We had an incident right here locally where 4 off duty officers were going to a football game. Some nut case cut them off then proceeded to take a tire iron out of his truck and started to smash their windows in. One of the officers fired a shot at him and killed the guy. Now here is the kicker, the family of the dead guy sues the Sheriff Dept for excessive force. I think when a guy picks up a tire iron and starts beating on your car, he has given up all rights.

One day I am going to work and am in the slow lane. A car speeds up beside me and the guy starts yelling profanities at me, in an absolute rage. Starts swerving his car toward mine, and telling me he was going to kick my a**. I had never seen this guy before, and don;t even know where he came from. Finally, he cuts in front of me and stops his car, so I stop. I have a loaded .38 under the seat, but I start thinking what a hassle this is going to be if I have to use it and wound or kill the guy, so instead I reach for my cell phone and dial 911. He sees me on the phone and luckily pulls away. What a stupid incident that could have been very deadly. I still have no idea what made this happen, and I had never seen him before, or luckily, after.

You just never know who you are dealing with sometimes.


Don