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DLBConductor wrote:Unfortunately, I did not have my phone with me, . . .

If there is anything I would have done differently, I would have ....

Personally, I consider carrying my phone everywhere I go to be as important to my personal safety as carrying my gun and useful in far more circumstances: calling 911 (police, fire or medical) or calling for roadside assistance for just two examples.

If I ever have to use deadly force for self defense, I definitely plan to be the first to call 911. The only two roles in that drama are victim/complainant and perpetrator. The first to call 911 usually has the advantage in claiming the first role instead of getting slotted into the second.

You were definitely being targeted for a robbery.

The two predators splitting up and flanking you is pretty telling.

Glad you were able to get in the car and lock it. That is the best outcome.

If they had been closer and I had assessed they would reach me before I was able to get fully into the car and the door locked, then I would have drawn after my verbal commands to stop had no effect. If they keep coming after I draw, then I shoot. Vulnerability increases dramatically if attacked while in the act of physically getting into the car before the door is shut.