This thought crossed my mind while at work today, and though I doubt this happens often in real life, what would you do?
Scenario : You are fishing off the shore at an isolated lake in the mountains, in the distance you see a man approaching you. You are openly carrying. He has no apparent weapons, and is walking rapidly, but not in a necessarily threatening manner. As he gets close to you, you turn to face him, and he continues approaching, closing in closer than 7 yards. You tell him to stop, he continues approaching, as if he did not hear you. You draw your weapon and point it at him while yelling at him to stop. He continues approaching.
There could be many, many variants of this scenario. This popped into my head when I thought about my girlfriend who will occasionally OC while we are hiking/fishing in the mountains. She is proficient with handguns, and has a solid head on her shoulders. She is not by any means weak, but could definitely be overpowered by a large male assailant. And I believe she, as well as I, could/would be stumped by the situation.
It seems that firing would be fairly shaky legal ground with no witnesses and the aggressor unarmed, while not firing could be fatal. Running could be a very serious gamble.
What would you do?
Scenario : You are fishing off the shore at an isolated lake in the mountains, in the distance you see a man approaching you. You are openly carrying. He has no apparent weapons, and is walking rapidly, but not in a necessarily threatening manner. As he gets close to you, you turn to face him, and he continues approaching, closing in closer than 7 yards. You tell him to stop, he continues approaching, as if he did not hear you. You draw your weapon and point it at him while yelling at him to stop. He continues approaching.
There could be many, many variants of this scenario. This popped into my head when I thought about my girlfriend who will occasionally OC while we are hiking/fishing in the mountains. She is proficient with handguns, and has a solid head on her shoulders. She is not by any means weak, but could definitely be overpowered by a large male assailant. And I believe she, as well as I, could/would be stumped by the situation.
It seems that firing would be fairly shaky legal ground with no witnesses and the aggressor unarmed, while not firing could be fatal. Running could be a very serious gamble.
What would you do?