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Here's a side question that is only a little tangental to the OP's post.

Say, instead of stopping, the OP had managed to turn, and drive away, and the aggressive driver then started a chase...

Q: Would you prefer to have the bad guy stopped, and in front of you (like the OP did) or would you prefer him be mobile, chasing you?

I'm kinda torn on this - both options are bad, but I can see the chase winding up worse for all parties concerned, if I speed up (which would be natural, under the circumstances) to avoid the BG from getting in front of me and starting the whole confrontation again. (Yes, I would definitely had someone on the phone with 9-1-1 while this was going on and hopefully some officers would arrive in time to prevent real bad things from happening.

The engine and front end would make pretty good cover for the other occupants in the car IF the BG was armed (and so far, we don't know that he is)... but a high speed collision with another vehicle or worse, a fixed object, would definitely be potentially worse for everyone in the vehicle.

What would YOU prefer?

kingpinGT wrote:
At this point he stepped out of his vehicle in an aggressive manner. I immediately put my car into "park", unholstered my weapon, took it off safe, and kept it at low ready behind the steering wheel. He started coming towards us

I opened my door and stated very loudly and clearly that I was armed, that I am not afraid to use my weapon if he approached us. I repeated statements like this several times. He stopped approaching our vehicle. By this time HE and i both had vehicles behind us. my shot would have still been clear.

The adrenalin dump is the body's way of getting you ready for a fight -but, Oh, does it take a while to metabolize back to normal levels... I think you did Ok, but I'm unclear on one thing in the quote above.

When you opened your door, did you (a) remain seated with the gun out if sight of the other guy or did you (b) get out of the car and keep the gun from the other guy's view, or (c) get out of the car and let the guy see the pistol (whether you were aiming at him or merely had it at low ready)?

It was a tactical nightmare, with your wife, kiddoh and her grandma in the car, so the recommendation to leave would have been the most desireable choice, but like I said, I think you did Ok. Glad everyone got home safely!