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post 1646129583 08-31-2021, 05:37 PM
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before you started carrying your gun...

for the folks that carry (open or concealed) did you ever have any incidents where you would have used it? not shot it but as a leverage tool.

i can think of one where it would have been beneficial and never damaged my car (got blocked in by someone, had to drive over a sidewalk and scratched my underside on the curb). no major damage but if i had a gun dude would have likely ran if confronted.

twice in the last twenty years have i drawn my gun and both times would be assailants didn't say a word, just ran without saying one word. thankfully have never had to shoot anyone.
post 1646130273 08-31-2021, 05:48 PM
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never got into a situation before carrying to where pulling would be required and still never have, but carry. never pull unless you intend to kill and that means sheit has gotten serious
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post 1646131133 08-31-2021, 06:00 PM
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I don't think it's a good idea to use your firearm has a tool of intimidation. If you're gonna draw it you better use it.
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post 1646131283 08-31-2021, 06:02 PM
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Never have but the way my area has changed over the last 5 years, I see it coming.
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post 1646132023 08-31-2021, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted By ManwittaPlan
I'm an irresponsible moron
Dead srs you shouldn't pull your gun unless you need to shoot someone
It's not for scaring people into doing what you want or showing what a tough guy you are
post 1646132133 08-31-2021, 06:15 PM
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The answer to this question should unanimously be "no" unless you just barely managed to survive a grievous assault by sheer luck.
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post 1646132603 08-31-2021, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted By ThisIsMyAlias
Dead srs you shouldn't pull your gun unless you need to shoot someone
It's not for scaring people into doing what you want or showing what a tough guy you are
De escalation of force tells us we can deter a would be assailant via shout show shove shoot.

So, if he is in fear of his life he may certainly brandish it
post 1646138353 08-31-2021, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted By ThisIsMyAlias
Dead srs you shouldn't pull your gun unless you need to shoot someone
It's not for scaring people into doing what you want or showing what a tough guy you are
you don't HAVE to shoot someone, where'd you go to law school einstein

if your vehicle is boxed in and someone walks up to your window you don't stop and ask what they're going to do next.
post 1646138413 08-31-2021, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted By mikebadg3
De escalation of force tells us we can deter a would be assailant via shout show shove shoot.

So, if he is in fear of his life he may certainly brandish it
correct!

it's a last resort all options exhausted....hence twice in twenty years (lived in the ghetto most of my life). the other lads must live in mayberry.
post 1646138493 08-31-2021, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted By BlackJack619
I don't think it's a good idea to use your firearm has a tool of intimidation. If you're gonna draw it you better use it.
i agree hence never saying intimidation

sounds like everyone else here feels obligated to fire if they draw. this isn't the old west, there are legal liabilities.
post 1646138563 08-31-2021, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted By ManwittaPlan
if your vehicle is boxed in and someone walks up to your window you don't stop and ask what they're going to do next.
He was probably gonna ask if you were leaving soon so he could have your parking spot cause he saw you sitting in the car. Lol @ freaking out and driving onto the sidewalk like a woman
Omg I coulda been raped
post 1646138793 08-31-2021, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted By ThisIsMyAlias
He was probably gonna ask if you were leaving soon so he could have your parking spot cause he saw you sitting in the car. Lol @ freaking out and driving onto the sidewalk like a woman
Omg I coulda been raped
yep, big beautiful brain you got
post 1646139013 08-31-2021, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted By mikebadg3
De escalation of force tells us we can deter a would be assailant via shout show shove shoot.

So, if he is in fear of his life he may certainly brandish it
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post 1646139753 08-31-2021, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted By ManwittaPlan
you don't HAVE to shoot someone, where'd you go to law school einstein

if your vehicle is boxed in and someone walks up to your window you don't stop and ask what they're going to do next.
gun at low ready under the window in your lap (obviously not pointed directly at cock)

gun comes up if they make sudden moves or they reach for the pockets (situational and your call)

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post 1646139843 08-31-2021, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted By BlackJack619
I don't think it's a good idea to use your firearm has a tool of intimidation. If you're gonna draw it you better use it.
No thanks, I’d rather leverage that middle ground with psychology and intimidation factor and punk the person without killing.
post 1646140873 08-31-2021, 08:38 PM
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What you described sounds like it would be brandishing a firearm which I think might be a felony. So unless you have a really good lawyer, or you can do it in a way where there won't be any evidence (no cameras around, no other witnesses, etc.) then it's probably not a good idea. Additionally, if the other guy actually does have a gun, he might be justified in using it in self-defense against you. So it's a risk.
post 1646141723 08-31-2021, 08:52 PM
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Had two drunk guys pull guns on myself and my friends as we were grilling outside my buddies apartment. Totally unprovoked too, I mean we didn’t say a word to these guys as they stumbled up.

We fell back into the apartment and one jumped the patio railing and hit the sliding glass door a few times before they took off in their truck and fired into the air a few times. They stayed in the apartment complex until the police came and arrested them.


We probably would have been justified in shooting them but obviously it ended without violence so in a weird way I’m almost glad I didn’t carry back then.


That’s about it though. I carry every single day whenever legally possible.
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