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Originally Posted by Superman

Pickup Truck Guy should have stayed in the truck. In fact, perhaps should not have stopped at all. Might have been best to park in front of a police station instead.

Exactly that. Don't get out of the vehicle, and don't stop to have a chat in the first place.

Pickup Truck Guy is a bit bigger, but both guys are decently sized. Only a small advantage for Pickup Truck Guy, IMHO.

Other Guy had it coming. Other Guy made the first physical move and Pickup Truck Guy was totally right to cold cock Other Guy. Normally, the first-move advantage is huge but Other Guy was, inexplicably, just not even imagining a physical response from Pickup Truck Guy. The big advantage here for Pickup Truck Guy was not size. It was situational awareness. Pickup Truck Guy was calm. Other Guy was not thinking.

Pickup Truck Guy then showed further good judgment by not going anywhere near Seizure Guy.

Pickup Truck Guy: 3
Other Guy: 0

The other guy got what he went looking for (but probably wasn't expecting). This seems like it ended up being educational.

PTG is very lucky. The other guy could have hit his head and died. It would not be the first time a single hit caused death, and not even really that rare. I can't even imagine how it would affect you to kill someone for something that was likely not that big a deal. Hopefully, both guys will learn from this. Unfortunately, the guy that got hit rather than learning "it's not that important, maybe I should relax" might have "learned" that "instead of trying to talk it out, I'll shoot first next time." Unfortunately, some people are that stupid these days.