Badger Johnson
Regular Member
Just discussing this. I had an incident as a young adult, driving back from the beach, not a car on the road at night. This car appears and starts tailgating me - fairly closely, too. I speed up, slow down to 40 (65mph road) - he sticks on me. Doesn't do anything else. Couldn't see inside, me and the wife. Finally, on an inside turn I get slightly behind him and an exit shows up and I put on the blinkers and start to get off. He jumps in front when he sees this and I fake him out, he's past the point of no return and I jump back on the highway and go 80 and manage to lose him.
But, even with a HG, I would still have been in fear and not known what to do. Ordinarily, the hoped for effect of carrying is to no longer live in fear of assault. Having the gun and even some tactical awareness doesn't solve everything.
If I had been carrying, I'd have been tempted to brandish to get this guy to back off. Obviously, that solves nothing since he'd have my license plate, but back then, no cell phones, it might have been the better option. I'm just glad I solved it tactically.
But, even with a HG, I would still have been in fear and not known what to do. Ordinarily, the hoped for effect of carrying is to no longer live in fear of assault. Having the gun and even some tactical awareness doesn't solve everything.
If I had been carrying, I'd have been tempted to brandish to get this guy to back off. Obviously, that solves nothing since he'd have my license plate, but back then, no cell phones, it might have been the better option. I'm just glad I solved it tactically.