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Wow! Got my heart racing just reading your story. Really scary! I carry 24x7 even when I take my dog outside of my home for a ten second pee. Like you pointed out in your story ... you never know when you may badly need your weapon.

My plan for any encounter that "does not feel right" is to escape. When the guy approached me and stared at me for a few seconds I would have taken off in the other direction dropping the sprayer and leaving the truck. If he followed I hope I would have enough distance (since I started running first) between us to draw and point my weapon at him and YELL STOP. If he took another step towards me (especially with another guy around), I would at that point feel that I was in mortal danger, and would have fired. I would not have taken the time to yell anything more at him. I'm no match, at sixty eight years, old for two young males who are chasing me. They would clearly be up to no good if they were chasing me.

In summary I think it is important to think through such scenarios in advance and to have a plan of action. My plan always involves react react immediately to escape, resist violently (like you did) if I cannot escape, and never give up no matter how badly I am wounded.