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Interesting story, but I gotta admit that, knowing what little I know of the story, I don't think I would have fired in that situation. Perhaps he did not have an "escape route" to avoid the oncoming car, but to me diving out of the way of the car (at the risk of losing skin from my hands/arms/knees to the asphalt) is a better alternative to standing there and firing at an oncoming vehicle. This just seems a bit too much like a CHL holder trying to play LEO, IMHO.

I'm not saying this guy was wrong in a legal sense. And right or wrong in a "common" sense is certainly a valid question with different answers for different people. This is one of those worthwhile stories we can all read and play a bit of Monday Morning Quarterback as a good mental training exercise for ourselves.

My personal take is that firing at the car in this situation opened up the CHL holder to more potential "bad" outcomes than "good" outcomes - like if one of his shots had missed and/or ricocheted and hit an innocent person. Or if, by standing his ground and firing, he missed a split-second opportunity to avoid the car and was struck by the car.

But I am - admittedly - a bit more cautious and conservative regarding which situations I personally would or would not draw and fire my concealed weapon.

I'm glad the guy is OK and the bad guys were caught. And glad for the mental learning experience of this incident.