Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I remember reading about, that was flashing through my mind:
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All in all, scary stuff.
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- Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Road Rage!
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- Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Road Rage!
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Re: Road Rage!
I hear ya. Getting a CHL is definitely a behavior-changing event in your life, if you are inclined to act before you think of all the consequences. I am well aware of my responsibilities once I'm carrying, to de-escalate a situation and avoid confrontation if at all possible. I'm working on having that mindset now.Dragonfighter wrote:It would behoove us to remember the first CHL involved shooting in Texas was a road rage incident.
I guess Peter Parker's uncle was right.
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:49 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Road Rage!
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Road Rage!
Well, had me one of those Road Rage incidents this morning on the way to work.
Dude in an Impala SS comes blazing up behind me in a 40 zone, doing around 60-65. Just as I try to change lanes, he tries to shoot around me onto the on ramp. So I end up "cutting him off", and so it begins!
He stops on the on ramp, blocks me and all the traffic behind me, and gets out to do the swearing and cussing routine. I wind down my window to shout back (yeah, not a great idea but reflex I suppose), but he doesn't approach me or go far from his open door.
I don't have my CHL yet (in progress) and I didn't have my gun in my car, even though I know I can already. But my mind flashes back to some of the accounts I've read on here and elsewhere about folks who have their gun with them and how they responded. He was taunting me to get out of my Jeep, and maybe 6 months ago I would have (before all this thought, reasoning and training on a CHL). 20% of me still wanted to get out, but I didn't. It would have made for an interesting bout, since I'm 6'4" and 235lbs and in reasonably good shape. After about 3 minutes, he got back in and drove off.
All this really reinforced to me about the great responsibility of having a CHL and carrying a gun, this could have easily escalated into a life-and-death situation that pops out of nowhere at 8:30am Friday morning on the way to work....
Dude in an Impala SS comes blazing up behind me in a 40 zone, doing around 60-65. Just as I try to change lanes, he tries to shoot around me onto the on ramp. So I end up "cutting him off", and so it begins!
He stops on the on ramp, blocks me and all the traffic behind me, and gets out to do the swearing and cussing routine. I wind down my window to shout back (yeah, not a great idea but reflex I suppose), but he doesn't approach me or go far from his open door.I don't have my CHL yet (in progress) and I didn't have my gun in my car, even though I know I can already. But my mind flashes back to some of the accounts I've read on here and elsewhere about folks who have their gun with them and how they responded. He was taunting me to get out of my Jeep, and maybe 6 months ago I would have (before all this thought, reasoning and training on a CHL). 20% of me still wanted to get out, but I didn't. It would have made for an interesting bout, since I'm 6'4" and 235lbs and in reasonably good shape. After about 3 minutes, he got back in and drove off.
All this really reinforced to me about the great responsibility of having a CHL and carrying a gun, this could have easily escalated into a life-and-death situation that pops out of nowhere at 8:30am Friday morning on the way to work....