Nasty drunk with a ball bat!

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GP44

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A few years before I got my permit for concealed carry I heard a lot of yelling and someone honking a horn constantly just up the alley.
I walked up the alley a ways to see what was going on and it was an old drunk waving a ball bat around and yelling for this guy his daughter was seeing to come out of the apartments. Using a few racial slurs.
I yelled at him to put the bat down and he charged towards me.
I backed off and told him to come on that I have a gun in my garage.
I didn’t have a gun but figured that by the time we got to my garage that I would figure something out.
A neighbor guy had heard all of the commotion came out and called the police.
The police came and took the loud mouth away and I heard that he had to take an anger management class.
An old lady lived across the alley from where this happened said “ I don’t know why he would be so upset now because his daughter has been seeing that guy for years.”
Funny how women know everything about everybody in town.
 

GP44 said:
A few years before I got my permit for concealed carry I heard a lot of yelling and someone honking a horn constantly just up the alley.
I walked up the alley a ways to see what was going on and it was an old drunk waving a ball bat around and yelling for this guy his daughter was seeing to come out of the apartments. Using a few racial slurs.
I yelled at him to put the bat down and he charged towards me.
I backed off and told him to come on that I have a gun in my garage.
I didn’t have a gun but figured that by the time we got to my garage that I would figure something out.
A neighbor guy had heard all of the commotion came out and called the police.
The police came and took the loud mouth away and I heard that he had to take an anger management class.
An old lady lived across the alley from where this happened said “ I don’t know why he would be so upset now because his daughter has been seeing that guy for years.”
Funny how women know everything about everybody in town.
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Oldeagle66 said:
I wouldn't have gotten involved with any of that nonsense. As I learned through life, pick your battles carefully. You could have gotten really hurt or worse.
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I had a neighbor seven years ago who lived with the girlfriend. They always argued, and you could hear it clearly. One evening, I heard some physical violence, screaming etc., the woman was sobbing and obviously frightened. I immediately went and banged on the door until the guy answered, when he did, she ran out. I made it clear to the guy what I thought of him, and allowed the woman into my home where we had a cup of tea and called her parents. Her parents came and she left. I never saw her again.

The guy, strangely, was very friendly after that, always saying "good morning" if we saw each other, etc. If he saw me out walking my dog he'd come up and chat.

Which brings me to OldEagle66. I get you. We're not spring chickens any more, and violence seems more profound these days. On the other hand, sometimes you can sense things are getting very serious, and you do need to step in or forever regret you didn't. Knowing the difference between when you should, or shouldn't, get involved is the difficult part.
 
VaughanJB said:
I had a neighbor seven years ago who lived with the girlfriend. They always argued, and you could hear it clearly. One evening, I heard some physical violence, screaming etc., the woman was sobbing and obviously frightened. I immediately went and banged on the door until the guy answered, when he did, she ran out. I made it clear to the guy what I thought of him, and allowed the woman into my home where we had a cup of tea and called her parents. Her parents came and she left. I never saw her again.

The guy, strangely, was very friendly after that, always saying "good morning" if we saw each other, etc. If he saw me out walking my dog he'd come up and chat.

Which brings me to OldEagle66. I get you. We're not spring chickens any more, and violence seems more profound these days. On the other hand, sometimes you can sense things are getting very serious, and you do need to step in or forever regret you didn't. Knowing the difference between when you should, or shouldn't, get involved is the difficult part.
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Well said. I have seen and been involved in some of those. I know when to get and when not to. I myself was almost killed before. I am done helping now.
 
My husband has done that, rushes to help in apparently violent situations. I love that he is that kind of person; I'm proud to be his wife. But I still wish he wouldn't do such things as I worry for his safety.

He's 73 now and it's been some years since such an incident has happened so maybe he's of the same mind about it now. I can hope. I just want him safe.
 
GP44 said:
A few years before I got my permit for concealed carry I heard a lot of yelling and someone honking a horn constantly just up the alley.
I walked up the alley a ways to see what was going on and it was an old drunk waving a ball bat around and yelling for this guy his daughter was seeing to come out of the apartments. Using a few racial slurs.
I yelled at him to put the bat down and he charged towards me.
I backed off and told him to come on that I have a gun in my garage.
I didn’t have a gun but figured that by the time we got to my garage that I would figure something out.
A neighbor guy had heard all of the commotion came out and called the police.
The police came and took the loud mouth away and I heard that he had to take an anger management class.
An old lady lived across the alley from where this happened said “ I don’t know why he would be so upset now because his daughter has been seeing that guy for years.”
Funny how women know everything about everybody in town.
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You had to check out what is going on. Could you have outrun him? Mad drunks can be pretty fast. Baiting him could have gotten you on the hook. Expecting to cme up with "something" while your running - either you are a very fast thinker or it was a very long run. Would you have used the gun?
 
Twostep said:
You had to check out what is going on. Could you have outrun him? Mad drunks can be pretty fast. Baiting him could have gotten you on the hook. Expecting to cme up with "something" while your running - either you are a very fast thinker or it was a very long run. Would you have used the gun?
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I didn’t have a gun and I managed to distract him long enough for the police to get there.
I felt a lot better once my neighbor came out and called the police because I thought that he lost a little interest in coming after me with two of us.
Yes he was faster than what I thought he would be but he was pretty intent on raising hell while trying to get that guy to come out.
Just rubbed me wrong to hear that guy using racial slurs while yelling about the guy his daughter was seeing.
Not the smartest thing I ever did.
I do carry a gun now and am a lot more careful because I not only want to protect myself but also my right to carry it.
You would think that with all of the people carrying guns legally that there would be more incidents involving guns but facts show that it is just the opposite.
People who legally carry guns actually show more responsibility.
Probably because we know the consequences of messing up.
 
My street doesn't have a stop sign but the cross street has one on each side. So often cars fly through the intersection without pausing. A thoughtful person told me not to blast my horn because they might have a gun. Mostly I restrain myself but occasionally I just have to express myself.
 
GP44 said:
I didn’t have a gun and I managed to distract him long enough for the police to get there.
I felt a lot better once my neighbor came out and called the police because I thought that he lost a little interest in coming after me with two of us.
Yes he was faster than what I thought he would be but he was pretty intent on raising hell while trying to get that guy to come out.
Just rubbed me wrong to hear that guy using racial slurs while yelling about the guy his daughter was seeing.
Not the smartest thing I ever did.
I do carry a gun now and am a lot more careful because I not only want to protect myself but also my right to carry it.
You would think that with all of the people carrying guns legally that there would be more incidents involving guns but facts show that it is just the opposite.
People who legally carry guns actually show more responsibility.
Probably because we know the consequences of messing up.
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Yea, not the smartest to be sure. I'm not judging, I've put myself in incidents like that, trying to be a good citizen.

Along with the right to carry comes a huge responsibility.
 
An experienced LEO once said to me, "I don't try to figure out, what was he thinking!"
I deal with what he was doing and did!" "There is no answer that I am aware of, for
how the mind works!"

It was in CCL classes.

I also can carry concealed but not so much. There are certain areas that ya just have to be armed in.
 

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