When have you come the closest to shooting someone?

[esizer]

My morning drive to work takes me through a state park and there's always somebody trying to drive 10 miles an hour in a 35 mile an hour zone to look at the cute deer,coyotes, and pheasants on the side of the road. On this particular morning I was already running 5 to 10 minutes late for work and the car in front of me was doing about 8 to 10 miles an hour. I checked that there was no oncoming traffic and passed him over a double yellow line. As I passed the driver leaned out his window and both the scruffy driver and his 400 lb passenger flipped me the bird and shouted some things about my Mother. I passed them and continued on my way to work until I hit a construction zone with one lane open and a solid red light with a 10 minute wait. I immediately recognized I was going to be stuck there for the next 5 to 10 minutes with the Amish speed asshole behind me. I could not pull forward or U-turn as there was a semi truck in front of me, a steady stream of traffic in the opposite lane, and a ditch to the right I could not traverse, and the tortoise just off my rear bumper. I chamber checked my Glock 19 and holstered it just as the driver of the slow- mobile got out of his car and sprinted towards my driver side door. As the driver approached I mentally made a note of the fact that he had nothing in either hand. He started screaming at me from the moment he got out of his vehicle telling me that I was going too fast and I could've killed children at the speeds I was driving, 40mph, (keep in mind this is a Tuesday morning at about 9 a.m. with no school children in sight.) His eyes were bloodshot and he wad shifting side to side as he continues to curse and shout. (Evidently he bought the bad angry pot) I firmly told him to calm down and to go back to his vehicle. He replied that I should go fuck myself. I told him once again to return to his vehicle and that he ought not to speak to people that he was not familiar with in such a manner. He of course took this in the worst of possible ways and assumed that I was trying to get all tough guy on him, it was comical almost but at the same time I was dreading having to shoot this guy. I made one more attempt to get him to return to his vehicle and he finally slowly turned around and headed back to his warm truck cab and his morbidly obese boyfriend, but only after informing me that I was lucky he wasn't going to his truck and returning with a baseball bat to beat the shit out of me. I told him that it would not be in his best self interest to do that and once he got to his vehicle hevery should stay there. Which he did thank God. About two minutes later the light changed and I was able to move forward, and pull off the road and let him get around me as I wanted his plate #, and did not want him following me to work that morning, or any other morning. I had the adrenaline shakes for about 15 minutes afterwards. Moral of the story;
1. Obey traffic laws!
2. ALWAYS give yourself an escape!
3. Set your alarm early and don't be in a rush to work!


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Yikes!

Luckily, I haven't had any close calls or confrontations while armed.

I did have an incident a few years back with a thirty to forty-something year old guy who had way too much to drink.

I went out with a group of four girls and was the only guy with them. As the night was winding down near closing time, they were all sitting in a group and the guy and his friend came over and started harassing all of them to come home with him (our whole group was between 21-23).

I was getting the "rescue us" look from across the room so I walked over there and asked if there was a problem.

He said, "fuck off." Then he proceeded to keep harassing them. I stepped up to where I was angled 45 degrees to the front and right of him and calmly asked him to leave us be and we can go our separate ways.
Luckily, he was pretty wasted and I had my faculties so he telegraphed that he was throwing a haymaker with his right fist and swung it in a wide path. I was able to duck back, deflecting his swing back across his body with my left forearm. He was extended so I was able to land a solid right fist to his solar plexus and he went down hard. His friend stepped forward but security was already rushing over so he froze up.

After explaining all that had happened, apparently we weren't the only group that was being harassed by this guy that night. They hauled the guys off and (as I found out after the fact) took copies of their IDs so they could ban them from the establishment.

Since I was the only guy in the group, some of the other patrons offered to walk with us back to the car in case they regrouped outside or found some friends.

I would much prefer if that was my last incident.

[rbeau30]

Oh I don't want the job full time, I've learned over the years if you do TOO good of a job, you may just get the job.

Tell me about it.

[Dave_L]

The "closest" I've come is having to clear my house a couple of times. We were gone all day and forgot to close the garage door. Came home at 10 pm and the garage was wide open. Had to clear the house, just to be sure.

Second time was we came home and the back sliding door was open. Once again, had to clear the house. The wife just forgot to close it this time around.

Nothing exactly "close" but I was very happy to have my firearm with me when you come home to that.

[Rucker61]

I was walking home after getting a cup of coffee one morning and had to cut through an alley to get back to my apartment. A rather large person followed me and approached me about 20-30 yards into the alley. The guy got pretty close and said "give it up" and came at me. I reached back for the pistol in my belt. As soon as he saw what I was doing he ran away much faster than I'd expect a man his size could run. While I did get my hand on the grip he was gone before I even touched the pistol.

Doesn't count as a defensive gun use because you didn't kill him, according to the leftists who compile the data. In fact, they'd call it intimidation and want you charged with a crime.

Effing idiots.

[ACE2GOOD]

I have had two times where I have been in a situation where I needed my CCW.

First one was after a long 36 hour outage at work. Worked 36 hours straight and came home groggy and warn out. For some reason my garage door and door into the house was wide open. I immediately grabbed my pistol and cleared the house. Luckily I live in a good area and nothing happened to the house while I was out. Really throws your game off when you are tired though. Figured I must have left in a panic when I got called into work and didn't take the time to close up the house.

Second one I was in line at a gas station waiting to pay and I noticed a 17-18 year old kid in baggy clothes running down the side walk from the trailer park near by and came barging into the store. He immediately came towards me and the counter where I was waiting for the clerk to come help me and I took a 45 degree step back. I immediately regretted having my CCW in the truck and started contemplating if he does something do I fight, run to truck, or comply. I did not see that he had any weapon of any kind so I initially thought fight. My quickest thought was my S&W spring assist tactical knife in my pocket. I put it in my palm and flicked the safety off. At that very second I made eye contact with him and he stepped back and went to the back of the line. I paid for my stuff and left. Nothing really happened as I watched until he left and went on his way.
Reflecting back I guess I profiled very quickly as he was coming out of a trailer park wearing baggy clothing, then as he immediately tried to cut in between me and the counter when there wasn't a gap really threw me off.

Other than that I am happy to say I have never been in a situation to even go to palm my CCW.

[LongArmoftheLaw]

About 7 years ago when I was 16 I was up nerding out reading the Divine Comedy. It was roughly 2:30am when I finally turned off the lights and not 5 minutes later I see our motion activated flood lights go off in the front of our house. (my room was right above the garage) Thought it was weird and looked out saw some shadows down below and heard agitated voices outside by the garage door through my open windows. They were trying to slide under the garage since we left it up about 4-5inches at night during the summer. First thing I did grabbed my 12ga from under my bed then called the police. Just finished giving them all the info when the two dipshits proceeded to my pickup with a baseball bat. Saw them check the doors to my pickup and the sliding window on the back. Heard one of them say "F**k it lets just smash the f***ing window!" at this point I proceeded to rack a shell in the chamber as loudly as possible. They turned around, I yelled a command to lay down on the driveway and not move. The guy on the right immediately dropped down but his buddy on his left continued to stand and run his mouth. Had the front bead on his chest as I continued to command him to lay on the ground. He started to walk closer toward the window soon as a two patrol cars showed up. Only after the officers showed up did he follow orders to get down. They ended up getting arrested and linked to several home invasions, theft, along with other crimes. That thank God was the only time I had the business end of a firearm pointed at another human being. Needless to say when my parents returned home from their anniversary trip, I had a good story for them.

[Irving]

That guy is lucky the police showed up I bet.

[Jer]

That guy is lucky the police showed up I bet.

So is LongArm if this story occurred in Colorado. If I read right this exchange took place with him in his 2nd story window so a lawyer would have a hard time proving he felt his life was in immediate harm's path if he shot the dude for not laying down. Not to start a big ol' debate but it would have been an expensive battle I think at minimum since Colorado doesn't have laws like some other states about protecting personal property with deadly force. Curious what they were charged with since they hadn't even broken anything or broken into anything by the time officers arrived on the scene if I read the story right.

As I read some of these stories (as well as similar threads on other forums) there's been a few where I wonder if the person posting wasn't saved by the fact that they didn't have their firearm on them based on the decisions that they claim they would have made.

[LongArmoftheLaw]

I think that guy and myself are lucky

[LongArmoftheLaw]

Yes this did occur in Colorado and yes I was in my second story room. It could have turned out that way being a shit show with lawyers and what not (which I thank God it didn't come to that). But at the same time unable to determine if the guy had a weapon on his person or if he would have the stones to use it, I didn't feel like taking the chance at the time which is why I commanded him to get on the ground. I know they got arrested for trespassing and attempted burgarly. Had the security camera footage for that.