Whether to carry or not is a personal choice according to the second amendment and doesn’t really require justification as far as I’m concerned.
I was involved in an incendent many years ago that I was glad a friend of mine had iron handy. I was visiting an old friend who was kind of like the big brother I never had. We were sitting in my car chatting in his driveway sort of late at night and a crazed and jealous ex-boyfriend of mine showed up. I was trying to get him to leave because I didn’t want him bothering me anymore and he was so angry he wasn’t listening. He picked me up and started brutalizing me right there in the driveway.
While this was going on I heard the screen door shut behind me, and the thought flashed through my mind that my friend was taking off on me. This ex of mine was a body builder dude, real big and pretty intimidating so I really couldn’t blame him since he wasn’t a big guy at all.
All of a sudden the ex stopped cold with his eyes as big as saucers and dropped me. Then he started running down the street with my friend chasing behind him with a shot gun.
Then my friend’s mom came out chasing after them screaming for him not to get into trouble, but stopped when she saw me on the ground all battered and bruised.
God only knows what the ex would have done to me if it hadn’t been for my friend with the great equalizer.
“All of a sudden the ex stopped cold with his eyes as big as saucers and dropped me. Then he started running down the street with my friend chasing behind him with a shot gun.”
Great story. My guess is that this incident was never reported to the police. Am I correct?