"Rich" man attacked in VA
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:03 pm
After the spate of reported shootings where the circumstances might not go well for the shooter, here is another where things might not have gone well for a self-defender with a gun
We've traveled I-95 and there are definitely a couple of service areas with questionable surroundings. But I don't remember one like that in Virginia. When I saw that a NJ woman was involved, I mistakenly thought the couple involved were in NJ when the incident - where a handgun is a real no-no if you are from out of State. Given the couple's reported route, carrying a self-defense firearm would have been out of the question.
So would the hammer swung with malice at the car and the boat been grounds for at least threatening deadly force in VA? Given the racial implications would even considering using a gun to respond be a costly error? My general approach is that a significant age disparity between attacker and victim should count for a lot but I'm not sure that it would here.
We do a lot of RV travel and I've frankly been afraid of a similar scenario. Ours is a 15 year old RV but someone with the mindset of the attacker in this case might not take that into consideration. It doesn't appear that retreat was a great option. Someone with a hammer can do a lot of damage to a fiberglass RV, just like the boat, in a fairly short time. Of course ending up like this guy (or worse) isn't a good outcome either.
http://wtvr.com/2017/04/03/caroline-gas-station-attack/
We've traveled I-95 and there are definitely a couple of service areas with questionable surroundings. But I don't remember one like that in Virginia. When I saw that a NJ woman was involved, I mistakenly thought the couple involved were in NJ when the incident - where a handgun is a real no-no if you are from out of State. Given the couple's reported route, carrying a self-defense firearm would have been out of the question.
So would the hammer swung with malice at the car and the boat been grounds for at least threatening deadly force in VA? Given the racial implications would even considering using a gun to respond be a costly error? My general approach is that a significant age disparity between attacker and victim should count for a lot but I'm not sure that it would here.
We do a lot of RV travel and I've frankly been afraid of a similar scenario. Ours is a 15 year old RV but someone with the mindset of the attacker in this case might not take that into consideration. It doesn't appear that retreat was a great option. Someone with a hammer can do a lot of damage to a fiberglass RV, just like the boat, in a fairly short time. Of course ending up like this guy (or worse) isn't a good outcome either.
http://wtvr.com/2017/04/03/caroline-gas-station-attack/