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Originally Posted by Superman
I'm guessing you were not armed at the time? Quite frankly, while I believe in the principle of avoiding danger whenever possible, if a lifted pickup truck driver were as enraged and bent on killing me on a motorcycle as this guy sounds, and if I were armed, I would be tempted to stop, hop a jersey barrier and put my hand on a stock.
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I certainly was armed. I had not, however, run out of other options. It was easier for me to escape him than it would have been to shoot him. The latter really is the very last option.
If I were on a jury trying a guy in my position who had stopped to confront and shoot the other guy, I would find it damn near impossible to let him off on a "self defense" defense. The only time "self defense" becomes a viable defense is when the other guy has forced your hand and has left you with no options.
In this case, the only reason I would have stopped is because I let my own anger overcome my common sense. Believe me, I thought about it, but for all of the wrong reasons.
Come to think of it, though, if it had come down to a confrontation, I bet I could have scared him off with my Harley face...
