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A woman in a grocery store parking lot felt that it was my fault she zipped out between two cars, too close to my bumper for her liking, and called me an asshole.
Realizing we were exchanging friendly greetings, I called her a bitch.
She ran her cart to her car, came back and started screaming obscenities at me.
I dunno if she was going to take a swing or not, but I was getting a little nervous she would.
When she screamed that she was calling the cops a bystander announced they already had and he obviously had his hand on his carry gun under his shirt.
She about-faced and left.
About here I noticed my rescuer did not have a phone out.
I said, "thanks!" and he said, "any time!"
Despite what the gun grabbers have repeatedly said, neither of us shot her. I was assured that anyone with a concealed gun would start blasting with the least provocation.
I had my hand on my gun in my pocket, which is prolly not the best place for it when someone it preparing to punch me.
PS: I am absolutely thrilled that she decided to quit and leave. On my cane I'm not really able to retreat and I'm really uncertain about what I can do besides take a beating if lethal force is inappropriate and the courts have been VERY inconsistent in Florida about this kind of disagreement and disparity in force.
ReplyDeleteA good solid stout cane is a pretty fair self-defense weapon in itself. I used to have a good one, until a friend of mine had a stroke and I "loaned" him it.
They offer training in "Cane-fu" (not a joke). I've shattered the arm of a knife armed idiot that thought me a cripple.
ReplyDeletePolice officer said I was "lucky" I didn't have a brass handled cane as some Judges think of that as a real weapon.
I have a silver handled one. But my EDC is an aluminum tube affair.
DeleteHickory light enough to use, solid enough to shatter the ulna and radius of a thug's forearm.
DeleteAnd so far, deemed a walking cane not a "weapon".