Avoiding confrontation while OC'ing. What would you do??

Here's a tangentially related situation. Back when John "Swiftboat" Kerry was running for Pres, the story got around that it wasn't unusual for him to go straight to the head of the line at an airline counter. If confronted, he would turn and bluster "Don't you know who I am??!!" My best response, armed or not, would have been to say "I damn well know who you are, which is why you need to get to the back of the line. Don't all the rest of you people agree??!!"

The problem is, most of us think of the best things to say long AFTER the situation has passed. (admit it!)

Oh well. I think the OP handled things properly, but I like to hear what all you other guys have to say anyhow.

I would have just let him go in front of me. If he did it by accident, no harm done. If he did it on purpose, I don't want him right behind me.

Not exactly on topic, my pet peeve is people who crash the express lane with "more than" 20 items...

I am too polite to actually use this, but I always want to say to them, "Can't you read, or can't you count??"



TFred

Agent19 said:

Kill'em all with kindness.

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I am now overcome with the desire to engrave "Kindness" on my bullets...

"Stop the threat with kindness!"

No! this:

While I believe you handled it just fine, I would probably have commented something to the effect of

"Excuse me young man, do you know cutting in line can get you thrown out of the park?"

It seems that parents of today do not teach manners as mine did.

;>)

sccrref said:

I also think that you did a fine job. My concern would be if things did esculate and you did not attempt to disengage, you could be considered as esculating the confrontation by saying anything at all. Stranger things have happened in the court systems of today.

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If it had escalated I would have backed down. Im more of a lover then a fighter

If you would do the same thing when NOT carrying, it's not "confrontation."

If he learned manners because you WERE carrying, that's a valuable lesson for him which may keep him out of trouble later.

Of course, one way to avoid confrontation (whether OC or not) is to start twitching, let a little drool come out of the corner of your mouth, and quietly murmur "Brrrraaaainnnssssss. . ."

What if you'd been wearing a tie; a wristwatch, or sandals? Does the fact that you're wearing a gun make the slightest bit of difference? Unless and until the situation arises giving you an appropriate reason to kill someone, it's just another fashion accessory. Until that time, don't talk about it, don't touch it, and don't even think about it. All that is relevant and material in this story is that the dude cut in line. I'd have phrased my response differently but with the same general effect. What he thinks about what you're wearing is of no consequence.