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Scenario: 12-2005
The Parking Lot Incident
After
work, you pick up your wife and head to the local mall for some needed
items. After exiting the local big box
store, you walk to your car. On your weak side, you are carrying some small
bags. As you and your wife are
approaching the car, you see a 5 foot 10 inch male about 200 pounds yelling at
a small female. Her size is estimated 5
foot 2 inches and 120 pounds. As you
continue toward your car, the yelling gets louder with more aggressive gestures
by the male. Suddenly, the male strikes
the female twice in the face with his closed fist. She falls to the ground with blood flowing down her face. The
male continues to yell as he stands over her.
Your wife, at your side, lets out a small gasp.
You
yell at the guy to knock it off and to leave the female alone. The male turns and locks eyes with you. You realize by his posture that you are now
the focus of his rage. The female is
still on the ground.
You
are legally permitted to carry a concealed weapon in this jurisdiction. You
have a Colt 1911 9mm. Combat Commander in a Kramer #2 IWB holster on your
strong side. Fox OC spray, a Spyderco
Native and a Samsung A650 cell phone are also with you in their usual
positions.
State
what action you would take and why.
The Parking Lot Response
Keeping yourself
between him and your wife and create some distance. It might be a good time to have your wife call 911 if she has a
phone or if she can get to yours. Time
has past and the bags should be dropped and in your support hand the OC
should be out and should be used at once.
If the attack keeps on, time to go to the 1911 and order him
to the ground. If that fails, keep
creating distance by keeping cars between you and him until all
options are exhausted and you are forced to use lethal force.
The Parking Lot Response
I
would hand off the phone to my wife and have her call the police while I keep
her behind me so the man cannot get to her.
I would hand over the packages if possible. If not, I would drop them on the ground as I
get my OC out. I would attempt to
keep him busy (talking, moving, whatever) till the cops show up or he
moves off. My handgun would not be presented unless he draws a
weapon of his own.