Has anybody here actually had to use their weapon?

[JoeT]

this didn't happen around Capital Hill did it?

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18508701

[Ronin13]

this didn't happen around Capital Hill did it?

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18508701

That is why we must always be on guard. Savages running amok in this city. They wouldn't get the swing in with me... one of the few cases I'm glad I "suffer" from PTSD and "hyper vigilance."

[Delfuego]

Does your buddy know you carry? (sorry just read page 8!) It may be the case that some people (instigators) tend to be bold when they know (or think they are protected). I have had instigator friends get me into the worst situations and trouble in my life.

Conversely i have been on 1 or 2 occasions and extra special asshole when i knew I had backup, or happen to be out drinking with cops (who by the way are good at drinking peer pressure).

Glad it did not escalate.

[KevDen2005]

I know I am late, but baseball bat, especially at close range in the threatening manner it was presented=deadly force.

Totality of the circumstances. One good swing to the head and you're dead.

Be judged by 12 not carried by 6.

Glad it worked out.

[Ronin13]

Be judged by 12 not carried by 6.

This.

Best defense, and we said this all the time in Afghanistan when there was an ROE issue that came up (concerning the legality of use of deadly force- hearts and minds BS) "You get a split second to make a decision, they get months to pick it apart."

[KevDen2005]

This.

Best defense, and we said this all the time in Afghanistan when there was an ROE issue that came up (concerning the legality of use of deadly force- hearts and minds BS) "You get a split second to make a decision, they get months to pick it apart."

No decision, in my opinion is going to be a hundred percent right when thoughts and scenarios are going that fast...just make the best one you can with your training...

You did your best to do the right thing and stay out of harms way, sometimes you have to choose to defend yourself.

[Ronin13]

No decision, in my opinion is going to be a hundred percent right when thoughts and scenarios are going that fast...just make the best one you can with your training...

You did your best to do the right thing and stay out of harms way, sometimes you have to choose to defend yourself.

Of course you know, dead men tell no tales, so when defending yourself make sure the other guys isn't around to tell a different story (or one to a lawyer).