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rotor wrote:I am 9 years older then TAM. I don't have the physical capability to intervene in a situation like this. My CHL is for protection of myself and family. I will do everything possible to get LEO involved ( their job ). Every situation has to be evaluated by it's own circumstances. I can barely swim. I wouldn't jump into a river to save a stranger. I would probably drown doing it. For family I would try. You young hot shots may have the physical capability to intervene in a situation like this. I have, when I was younger, done recovery of strangers but would not at my age try any great physical act. Not a question of bravery- just reality. Can't jump the fences or run down a street like I used to. That's one of the reasons I got a CHL. Getting older is no fun- it beats the alternative though.

tallmike wrote:Whether you would have gotten involved if you didn't have a gun is a VERY important question. The fact that you had a gun should not have been part of your decision here.

I am frequently amazed by how folks take a completely average situation and in their heads it becomes something larger - simply because they have a gun.

In a situation like that the most likely thing that would have happened is you got yourself into a fist fight with a guy who is not in the same mental place that you are (and by your own admission has you by 50lbs). What would your gun have to do with that? How well trained and capable are you of handling yourself if the guy had thrown a punch or tackled you to the ground? If you are not a competent grappler, don't insert yourself into a situation where you might have to grapple with someone.

Everyone agrees that a CHL is not a batman license, using it as such can be fatal (for your or others) and/or very, very expensive.