Sitting in Urgent care

[rondog]

Wow! Hope you're OK and the other guy isn't! Keep us posted.

[Jmetz]

Way to go man, sounds like it ended alright and I hope the blood was entirely his. If not, as others have said, heal up quickly!

I have a question for you though, and feel free to decline to answer if you prefer. Based on what you've just had to deal with, would you have handled it differently if you had your gun with you? Do you think the end result was the same as it would have been, had you had it (bad guy goes to jail)?

Glad you're ok man. As much as I'd be interested as well, I would recommend not answering this or going into too much detail about the event on a public forum until this is all settled and over.

[10mm-man]

Guy with a knife and bar picked a fight with me and ended bad for him. I cant carry at work so it was hands on. Guy was angry so got in my face and I pushed him off me, thats when I noticed the knife so I grabbed him before he could swing. The next few minutes were knda blurry. I just kept his hands away from the blade and pipe. Blood is everywhere and I cant tell where its coming from. Im just a lil scraped up but he is on his way to the hospital then to jail. He has a felony warrant and is a unregistered sex offender. Im glad he choose me and not some innocent lady or older person on the street.

Glad your OK Dave, and in a sense I am glad you were not carrying! I only say this because you came out ok, otherwise I would have been wishing you were! You saved yourself some drama by not having to go through a shoot. Try to look to the good side of things brother!

Now in hind site; do you wish you had been carrying?

[glock21]

Glad I wasnt carrying. To many people on the street. Could have gone bad. Im just glad I was able to react fast enough to keep myself safe.

[10mm-man]

Glad I wasnt carrying. To many people on the street. Could have gone bad. Im just glad I was able to react fast enough to keep myself safe.

Good man! This is one of the reasons, I train in other areas; jiu-jitsu, boxing, different scenario's. Sometime you can't always go for the gun, and it should be the last resort anyway......

[Sawin]

Glad you're ok man. As much as I'd be interested as well, I would recommend not answering this or going into too much detail about the event on a public forum until this is all settled and over.

Agreed. If there's any kind of ongoing investigation, then please do not answer. I'm just hoping for real firsthand experience that might help enlighten folks about how having a firearm may have resolved this differently, be it that the perp just sat down and shut up until the cops arrived, etc. Obviously, if it was not necessary to use, you still would not have used it, but I can't help but wonder if you would have been able to avoid any of the injuries inflicted.

[funkymonkey1111]

glad you're OK!

In a related note, right after reading this I saw this pic on FB:

[jslo]

Well done! Sounds like many were lucky you were there.

[Sawin]

Glad I wasnt carrying. To many people on the street. Could have gone bad. Im just glad I was able to react fast enough to keep myself safe.

I didn't read all the newest posts before my last reply, so I'm sorry for the redundancy. Thank you for this insight. I have often considered not using mine when brainstorming similar scenarios as to yours and continue to train with pain compliance and joint manipulation, ie. mostly non-striking contact. I just hope I am able to control the situation quickly and peaceably.

[Irving]

Wow, this sounds nearly as bad as the flat tire I had this morning. I almost got my pants dirty!

Heal up!