One punch and out...

[Drilldov2.0]

So some long-hair, tweeker truck driver called me an asshole for tying up my dogs out side the truck stop. I laughed at him and patted him on the shoulder, he took a swing at me me, which I dodged, and followed up with a nice right hook which left him laying on the pavement, unconscious.

Did I overreact? It seems he was looking for a fight and got some sleep out of it.

[Mazin]

Congrats?

[Elhuero]

I don't know if you overreacted, but I'd say you're lucky you didn't end up in jail.

or did you?

[mcantar18c]

I'll be the odd one out here and say good job.
While it could possibly be argued in court that you putting your hand on his shoulder initiated it and therefore your punch wasn't self defense... I would have done the same damn thing. Almost. I wouldn't have put my hand on him or touched him at all, but if he swung at me he'd be on the ground regretting it.

[soco11]

If you were carrying at the time (and probably even if you weren't) you ought to give deep and serious thought to how you might not put yourself in a situation like that, and ways to de-escalate if you end up in such a situation. Throwing a punch at anyone anytime in our world is never, ever going to be a good idea. And if you are carrying a firearm at the time, there are so many things that can go so incredibly bad in that scenario that it is hard to imagine anyone who has any common sense doing so. And it would be far, far worse if he was carrying, legally or not! The reason an armed society is a polite society (it isn't--but let's pretend the old saying is true) is because we are polite, not because others are. A guy willing to mix it up at the first provocation ought not to carry a gun for sure. Not saying you are such a guy, just saying....

[Ranger]

Seems to be a bit of an overreaction on both accounts. I have a buddy who was in a very similar circumstance - and on a Friday, and he ended up in jail for the entire weekend until a judge would see him Monday morning. If someone took a swing at me I might have the same reaction but I wouldn't have patted him on the shoulder in the first place. There are so many "what-if" here that it hopefully would make you reconsider your actions if you could do them over again - like if when he dropped he hit his head and cracked it open or he fell on to a bottle - things that could get you serious prison time for something as seemingly innocent as punch.

Chances are that if you got arrested for it that not much would come of it but it all would depend on the judge.

[Chad4000]

good job... If dude didn't want to go to sleep or "maybe fall on a bottle" or maybe crack his head open as he fell "lights out" to the floor,, then he shouldn't have called a stranger an asshole, and taken a swing...

I actually think interactions like this is how we will win back society..the people policing themselves

[Chad4000]

Haha, one more thing, if youre one of those guys that can take somebody out with one punch (like I wish I was lol ) ... I'm gonna go spider man on ya, "with great power comes great responsibility"

Go ahead, Swing away.... Fight for good.. Take out dicks.. Eventually there will be fewer of them lol

[mopar]

It sounds like instinctive reaction to me. I probably would have done the same thing.

[BPTactical]

People call me an Asshole all the time. Especially my wife.
Sometimes I am.
Doesn't bother me a bit usually.
I won't touch somebody in a situation like that, you are just asking to escalate the situation.
But its over and done now.
Did what you felt you had to do.
OnePunchDrillDov2.0...................is his name.