This one struck a cord with me. Alone, I might wade into something that I shouldn't. I don't care what happened before, the beating that was going on needed to be stopped and fast.03Lightningrocks wrote:In my world it is not all or nothing. Carrying a concealed handgun does not mean I can't use other measures to intervene in a situation like this. Realize that we are all typing from different realities. I am 50 and pretty darned strong for a guy my age. Heck... I am strong for a guy of 25...LOL. One poster even mentioned he was 24... 6'4" and fit. If I were 10 years older or had other issues putting me at a tactical disadvantage, I would respond differently. Last year I had a neck injury that made it hard to function normally. I would have been useless to do anything. Other than to get beat up. If my family is with me, I respond different than if I am alone or with buddies. I go more defensive than offensive if my daughter is with me. I can't risk her safety. The whole "what would you do" varies so much it is hard to have a straight answer.
That said, I was approached at the Sam's club gas station by a guy looking to buy gas with a Wal-Mart gift card. Of course, the machine wouldn't take his card. Maintaining my distance from him, I told him that I couldn't help him. I didn't because my 7 year old granddaughter was in the car with me. There were enough things wrong with the situation that I had already shifted to condition orange but I probably would have stuck my neck out a little if I had been by myself. With my granddaughter there, it wasn't going to happen. I was thinking about that when I was watching the video. As much as I might want to help the victim, I rarely go to McDonalds alone and I could see the escalation where the two girls decided to turn on me and my family as a result of my trying to interfere to stop the beating. I would have called 911 have the first part of the altercation. Better to roll the LEOs than to risk the situation getting out of hand - as it did.