Yeah, about that question, "Would you have shot if the perp had kept coming?"... That sounds like a setup. Were you obligated to answer the cop's questions? It doesn't sound like there was ever a time, during the police response after the incident, that you were in danger of being taken away for doing something illegal. So if you had "lawyered up" and said that you would be happy to discuss your legal use of defensive action once you had consulted a lawyer, could they have given you a hard time?
I ask this because I really wonder why that cop asked you that question. Was it for personal curiousity? Was it relevant to the decision of whether to charge you? Since you didn't shoot, or even draw, how is what you "would have considered doing" even relevant?? The cop might as well have asked you if you would have schtupped the queen of England if the perp had kept coming. It's rather moot, right?
Anyway, glad to hear it turned out well for you, and that you had the presence of mind, and the equipment, to defend your own life.
Cool on you that you're a former fighter pilot, too! Me, I just putter around in C-152s, but it's still fun. Every once in a while, I make a "fssshhhhh!" sound like I'm firing missiles at someone, a la Walter Mitty. (j/k)
-blackmind
I ask this because I really wonder why that cop asked you that question. Was it for personal curiousity? Was it relevant to the decision of whether to charge you? Since you didn't shoot, or even draw, how is what you "would have considered doing" even relevant?? The cop might as well have asked you if you would have schtupped the queen of England if the perp had kept coming. It's rather moot, right?
Anyway, glad to hear it turned out well for you, and that you had the presence of mind, and the equipment, to defend your own life.
Cool on you that you're a former fighter pilot, too! Me, I just putter around in C-152s, but it's still fun. Every once in a while, I make a "fssshhhhh!" sound like I'm firing missiles at someone, a la Walter Mitty. (j/k)
-blackmind