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rbwhatever1 wrote:...Anyone attacking me will receive the maximum response I'm able to give because I don't know how its going to end. ...

I agree completely. In fact I've looked at this video a few times, pondered the scenario where I am abruptly tackled from behind. The more I've thought of it, I definitely would have been slicing & dicing the doofus. If I am walking with my knife already in a hand in my pocket, I can deploy it way faster than my concealed handgun.

jimlongley wrote:Lots of "What ifs" Like what if the CHL holder legitimately thought he was being attacked and drew and fired?

Personally, I think ALL of the people involved in disarming him should be in jail right now.

I'll often walk with my weak side hand in my pocket, holding my knife. If I was being tackled like that, it is just as likely as I'd have stabbed whoever was tackling me. An up close and personal ambush, I can deploy my knife quicker than my gun.

An alternate view would be that people living in states where unlicensed open carry is legal get used to the idea that not everyone with a gun is either a cop or a criminal.

I've had people ask me if I was a cop when I open carried, and my response was generally, "No, just an ordinary citizen carrying legally which is the right of every law-abiding citizen in this state ..." The reaction was generally,"Cool, I wasn't aware of that. Am I allowed to carry too?"