Are you looking for validation and a slap on the back? Or genuine feedback. You presented the scenario and opened it up for discussion by asking "is there anything I should have done different?"
You said that you were ready to fire. At what? Ask yourself what exactly were you aiming at? What would you have hit, if you made your shot? And, what would you have hit if you missed. I wasn't there. You were. Were you just going to put a hole in the body of his truck somewhere? What would that have done?
See, the problem I have is the fact that you were ready to take a shot at a moving vehicle with some kind of handgun. If this is true, you had no idea what you were going to hit. And, no reasonable chance of stopping the truck or the driver. Now you are a few less bullets and have some very angry people who now know you are armed and possibly looking for more revenge.
Analyzing scenarios like these are good - it permits us to apply critical thinking to determine what we might do in the same situation. But, that requires that we dig into and mull over the facts and the effectiveness of the tactics used - pros and cons. I can honestly say that I would not have pulled my gun on a moving vehicle. To me, it's pointless and fuel to the wrong police officer to arrest you. If I was broken down in the median of the road, I would have crossed over to the far side of the road, with my cell phone, my wallet and my concealed gun. I would have looked for cover. The truck is going to be at a disadvantage once it leaves the road and if the individual(s) meant me harm, they would have parked the vehicle and exited the truck. I would be ready for that, and if the cops still hadn't shown up, I would be in a better position to stop the threat - if it went that far.
actually I am looking for feed back! That was indeed pretty good feed back. I apricate the fact that you had the guts to say it like you see it on a forum like this. While I like the slaps on the back I am glad that there are people that will give honest feed back. It is about growing and getting better. While I am not sure how much I have improved since then I have practiced much more since the incident. I wish there was an easy way to practice staying calm under a stressful situation. I have ran the situation through my head thousands of times. I dont know if I could of stopped him. But at the time I felt like I had no other option. Hind sight is 20/20 as they say.
thanks again for the honest feed back!
p.s. this is a rural road there is no median. Its just 2 lanes. It is also pretty curvy so we are not talking free way speeds but still a truck can move pretty fast. The Side of the road I was on has a very fast moving river on it. The other side is very steep and tree covered. But I could have moved up it if I had thought of that at the time.
The driver was on my side the last time. He was driving toward me and crossed in to the lane that goes the other direction.
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