incidents like this are why I tell
people all the time to avoid road rage
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have the story of what precipitated this
but watch the the SUV there come in and
the pickup truck come in kind of hot
behind him and this has all the markings
of Road rates here so the guy in the
pickup truck is going to jump out and
kind of start giving what for to a
couple that is in the wagon here and
start yelling at them and those things
and like hey you know walking them down
and all that stuff now they're backing
up and trying to get out of there and
he's going to get real frustrated and
walk over to the parking stuff and grab
a rock and Wing a rock at them and
that's going to change things just a
little bit they are going to kind of
drive off and around and you watch him
here he's going to kind of drive off a
little bit or walk off a little bit as
they drive off but then he's going to
start signaling to them and getting mad
at them and saying oh yeah you want to
keep fighting come on let's fight
because what's going to happen here we
have a second angle from this and they
are going to come over and park and
decide oh yeah well actually I do want
to fight with you is what's going to go
down so you're going to see here that
this couple is going to jump out of car
woman jumps out on the right I think she
has a dog there that's with her as well
dude is going to jump out on the left
and start picking up rocks and stuff and
running this guy down and and they go
off screen for a minute there's the dog
that comes out of the window after them
barking and now we don't get to see what
happened in this particular bit but
pretty quick here they're going to come
back on camera after you know some kind
of argument that they're having in rock
throwing at each other whatever and now
our dude who's paled out of the car is
backing up because he now he's talking a
lot and our guy from the pickup truck
then draws a gun and when he draws a gun
then our dude's like okay I'm done I'm
out of here but the woman has had it she
is not hearing it from this guy at all
and she's gonna get up in his face and
push him in the middle of his chest that
leads to the other guy pushing her back
so her dude picks her up and is like no
I'm gonna stuff you in the car so that
nobody gets shot here and is going to
stuff her in the car and close the door
and again you know our our guy here who
was in the pickup truck now has still
has a gun in his hand and it is I think
getting his phone out here to get on the
phone with 9-1-1 maybe or those things
but the other guy's gonna skedaddle out
of there and boy we got lessons today
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sure hope you get the overall lesson out
of this one that road rage is stupid I
don't know what precipitated this if
somebody cut somebody off in traffic
that if they were complaining about
someone's parenting or lineage or
species or whatever but friends you're
never going to see these people again
let it go just let it go don't feed your
ego here by being the moral police on
the road yes somebody sometimes people
do stupid stuff but just let them go and
instead he gets all kinds of mad and
says oh okay well I'm gonna wing a rock
at these people and maybe that does
damage to their car or those kinds of
things and again escalates a conflict
needlessly particularly the guy in the
pickup truck if you're carrying a gun
you need to be someone who lives a life
of de-escalation escape and evasion
because you bring deadly force with you
to any encounter at all and I'm all for
carrying firearms I carry one every day
but you must be an agent of
de-escalation escape and evasion be a
good sane sober moral prudent person
because otherwise wise this is what
happens she gets all kinds of pissed off
and and now that you know the lady's
gonna come out and run off after him the
dude as well there's nobody here who's a
good Saint sober moral prudent person
and so it just escalates a conflict
completely needlessly again just stay in
your car and get the heck out of there
you're never going to see these people
again they're never going to agree with
you so just let it go please hear me on
that now of course I would strongly
recommend having something between a
harsh word and a gun this guy you know
like now he's gonna want to fight or
whatever and our dude draws a gun and
that causes the guy to pick his hands up
now I don't know what was said and if
the guy said hey I'm gonna kill you or
something like that and made a threat
that you know believably that he had
evidence of intent to do in great bodily
harm he had opportunity and means to do
so okay fine
ability opportunity and manifested
intent or Jeopardy is what is needed to
face an actual deadly threat but
regardless of that I I man you know him
not having any weapons in his hand or
anything like that this is where no sea
spray would come in a whole lot better
than a gun because guess what I mean
listen the guy does back off and that's
good but if he doesn't have that
justification he could go to jail here
for brandishing a firearm for aggravated
assault second part here is that notice
that little woman she gives zero craps
about that guy pulling a gun and and I
see people you know the other guy who's
a bigger dude that the presence of the
gun scared him off okay man I don't want
any problems I'm getting out of here but
it just made her more mad so I want you
to recognize that sometimes the the
presentation of a firearm is going to
actually escalate the conflict as then
they go oh what are you going to shoot
me no you don't have the right to shoot
me or whatever so and in most cases
especially in a case like this that
doesn't look like deadly threat to me
leave the gun in the holster and that's
why you know something like an OC spray
if somebody's being harassing or saying
they're going to whoop your butt or
something like that is a much wiser
Choice much slower standard of use you
don't have to warn with it and you can
actually use it if you really do feel
like they're going to whoop your butt or
or you know you're at risk of regular
ordinary harm and again okay fine then
the guy leaves I wouldn't stand in front
of the vehicle like this why because I
mean I can run you over bigger than
disco like that and I wouldn't recommend
that a bit big thing here don't get in
fights like this please live a lifestyle
of de-escalation escape and evasion
don't get into stupid ego battles like
this carry other tools in a firearm you
know that old adage that says if the
only tool that you have is a hammer you
tend to treat every problem like it's a
nail so that's why we want to have those
skills first our verbal skills then our
less lethal skills then have a firearm
for a lethal threat and only for a
lethal threat so make sure that we
practice all of that to better cover our
ass