I am calling Bull on this one.
Back in the early 70's when I was a very strong young man (gym rat) I pulled into a place and before I could even think, a large (fat) male had grabbed me through my window and started bashing my face into the steering wheel of my 1967 Impala, in mere seconds My eyes were filled with blood and the confusion of having ones head beaten so quickly, and violently and by surprise, there was no "let's think about this".
There was three things that saved me life, one this violent mentally ill murderer stopped for a few seconds to retrieve a Universal M-1 Carbine from his Lincoln just a few feet away and I still had the car in drive, and my Doberman who he never saw launched and nailed him in the face. This allowed me enough time to wipe my face and hit the gas.
Later after the Police finally got the insane man under control, I found out that he had just murdered two people, and beat a teenagers head against a cinder block wall till the kid was near dead, and comatose.
The psychopath was convicted of the two murders later on.
Now what I learned from this was quite simple, that when you Monday morning quarterback a shooting you make a complete fool of oneself because there many variables the Media will never tell you due to bias and liberalism, and a lot of Monday morning Quarterback wanna be reporting themselves. The media pretty much got one thing right, he did murder two people, but the whole rest of the story was a joke, because they had no facts beyond the two murders. This case got a couple days of attention in the media and then vanished.
Here is some real fact. I could not have gotten away from his grip, he was as strong as an ox and adding in the violent insane rage was strong enough to bend the steering wheel and horn rim/ring with my face and still today I have scars to validate this. Had it not been for my Doberman I would most likely be dead. When a person is so violently attacked in such a way as that Man in Taylor was, you can't plan things out. It is impossible to think clearly when you are facing a violent attack and having you brains beat out all at the same time. It is sheer panic and survival mode Period.
This is why I have so much disdain for those who assume they know what they would do, because unless you been there, you are clueless. Unfortunately in my life I have seen much hideous violence my only humor is dark. Those who sit there and assume they know how to react are fools in the least, and if something that violent ever come about on them, they may perish, despite having a firearm. An assault on ones brain bucket often causes fear, confusion, panic and even terror in some cases and all one can do is react in a self defense mode.
Well I could tell you when and where this happened and some of the older ones may remember the case as it was news at 11 back then, but to be honest, I would rather forget it again for another few decades if I live that long.
This was not aimed at anyone in particular, and I just used theQ's post as a springboard to set the tenor of my comments.
If there was an honest prosecutor in this State the man who defended his life would have never been charged or arrested. I grow tired of the Liberal stupidity that says we must give some special treatment of criminals who attack people. The facts are clear, if one is a violent criminal and thinks he can victimize others he should be locked away forever and in this case got what he asked for. He had prior run ins with Police before he attacked the man in the truck. The media articles I read were so biased it made me sick to my stomach. Many of the media fools claimed the truck hit him, and in fact he hit the truck due to his arrogant stupidity.
A well armed society is a polite society it is said and I believe this, and think it's high time people quit making excuses for thugs. And the best advice I can give to those who always run their mouths on this site (not the Q) and talk as if they know what it's like to encounter deadly violence like one person who's name I won't mention because it will just get him foaming at the mouth again, you son have NO clue what you are talking about 98% of the time.
To the Q please forgive my rant, and I know you just threw the comment out as a possibility, and you are right, but the idiots who know it all will foam at the mouth talking how they would handle the situation far better, and their advice is worth the price ( nothing)!
Thank you for your indulgence The-Q, and I will not be here for a few days because I still serve my fellow man unlike the loud mouth on this site, who only runs his mouth, so that person can foam at the mouth making more stupid accusations about what he knows (in his mind only) about what I think and my intentions. That's what is so great about this country, a man can live off the system and throw stones at others on the Internet and make a fool of himself, with no knowledge.
In this case, it's going to be argued (maybe rightly so, I don't know the facts) that the man in the truck could have just as easily drove away -- thus deadly force wasn't "nessicary".
