cajundefender
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I have been reevaluating the different situations which I might find myself in and have been reviewing responses to the situations in little practice scenarios. One thing I have been troubled with is the response to a subject with a blunt or sharp object approaching my vehicle while I am armed with a handgun. Seems simple enough. my question lies in the fact that when sitting in my vehicle thinking about what I would do, I couldn't decide. I had three basic options: drive off, wait in vehicle with handgun drawn, or get out of vehicle to engage the subject if necessary. Assuming that you cannot retreat, like if your battery has died, what would you do? I have designated responses to most scenarios but this one is causing issues. If I get out, I have the potential to intimidate the subject, engage easily, or retreat on foot, but if the subject is close I might be force into hand-to-hand combat. If I stay in the vehicle I will be bought a few extra seconds but it will be more difficult to retreat by foot if for some reason that would be necessary, and I also would have to shoot through my windows to engage if necessary. This is an unlikely situation but a friend of mine who used to be a sheriff's deputy once shot a man with a knife six times with a .38 and the guy was still on his feet. He reloaded, and put a shot between his eyes. That brought him down. It was later discovered that the man had bone cancer and was given two weeks to live. He was on morphine and did not feel a thing as he committed suicide-by-cop. This event sparked my need for a response to a potential situation like this. The man was non-violent and wouldn't have hurt the deputy, but the deputy didn't know that. My concern is if some nut on cocaine or something runs up while traffic is stopped on Interstate and starts something. So, stay in the vehicle or get out to engage. Let's say the subject is at ten yards and approaching you at a brisk walk with a blunt or sharp weapon. If I had to, I would shoot through the windshield if close or engage from outside if farther away and he continued to approach despite verbal warnings.