Quote Originally Posted by Birddog1911 View Post
To add a little more to the story. The 3 officers that I had interaction with said yes, I shouldn't have flipped him off; I told them that I was stupid for doing it. The officers also all said that they would have responded precisely as I did. He was in no way justified for what he did afterwards. Remember; he gave at least two false statements to the police in the investigation.

Yes, I have kept a tight clamp on my middle finger since then.
I'm willing to bet, had things gone really south for this situation, they would have said you pulling the trigger was justified as well. Seriously, I don't understand why people lose control so quickly these days and get their panties in a twist. It's a middle finger! I guess the other guy was thinking "Him flip me off!? How dare he!"
Glad everything didn't spiral out of control for you!