This is the unintended consequence of people carrying firearms.
Introduce a firearm into an "altercation" between two people and the chance of one of them dying goes up tremendously.
Those who think having a gun is always a good thing are relying on the invalid assumption that there is always an obvious and clear distinction between an aggressive perp and a defending armed citizen.
No specifics of the "road rage incident" are given, but MANY "altercations" arise when two guys are both behaving badly.
No gun, and there is a fistfight and maybe some relatively minor injuries. Add a gun, for either person, and a struggle immediately becomes a matter of life and death, since whoever doesn't have control of the gun is likely to die.
During incidents like this, “introducing” a firearm is a step to defend your life and life of another.
I would not bet my life, or the life of my family, that the enraged doofus coming at me was unarmed.
And, ala George Zimmerman, are you willing to bet your life that the enraged doofus wasn’t going to beat and kick you to death?
Are you willing to bet your life and the life of your family the enraged doofus, after killing you or knocking you senseless, would not do the same to your family?
That is why we have concealed carry—for the lawful person to defend themselves and their families.
“No gun, and there is a fistfight and maybe some relatively minor injuries.”
Like this is some sort of junior high school-yard fistfight? And like I said before, you want to bet your life that all that is going to happen is a “minor” injury?
“Add a gun, for either person, and a struggle immediately becomes a matter of life and death, since whoever doesn’t have control of the gun is likely to die.”
Good for George Zimmerman and countless others that have saved their life or the life of another by using a firearm responsibly.