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I won't participate in verbal provocation when carrying a firearm. I'll avoid a fight even if I look like a "punk", "weenie", or "scaredy-cat". There is no pride when it comes to my freedom. I don't have anything to prove to anybody, and since I know the "real" score (the concealed handgun), I can walk away without damage to my ego.

If these tactics fail to work, then the other party has been unprovoked and is quickly escalating his assault. At the point that I feel I cannot escape the situation safely (which would include giving verbal warnings that he was threatening me and should stop), I'd probably be forced to draw. If my family is with me, I might get to that point a little sooner.

I'm not going to win many disparity of force decisions arguments in front of a judge or jury just because of my size - between 6'5" - 6'6" and 258 lbs. (by the way - that's 85 pounds lost since January!). Regardless, I know I won't get any "I thought the mean man was going to hurt me with his fists" sympathy.