milesihrig
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Ok i think a lot of people are misunderstand the situation that happened... it seems like people are thinking this is a case of road rage where the attacker was making verbal threats and i pulled out my gun... this is not the case...
it is in a bad neighborhood... i did not arrange a meeting with my friend in a bad neighboorhood to discuss our weekends events... i just purchased some flag poles for a 9/11 memorial parade for my truck at the home depot and saw my friend down the road on the way home getting gas so i pulled in next to him to talk.
2) this thug pulled his truck in behind me, blocking me in so i was unable to get back into my truck and leave... he had one intention and that was to fight me for some unknown reason as i never seen him before...
3) now people say fight and dont think lethal... let me tell you guys about fights around here..
my ccw instructor now has a disease from a self defense incident where an attacker bit him... not something i want to carry and pass on to my future children
yes, i am a martial artist... i have luckly defended myself against mulitple unarmed attackers and walked away with minimul injuries, delivering mulitple sing blow knockouts... but heres how you have to look at it... if i can do it, so can anybody else... a lot of people grow up on the streets and are in street fights weekly, attend boxing "acadamies" or participate in MMA groups... i have never had to fight one of these people but i have seen fights on the street with people who are skilled with boxing and mma techniques that have left people near dead.
I have have a group of gang members come up and try to attack me.. at first was a fight 4 of them against me and a friend, but then the one guy pulled a knife on me at the last second... luckly for me his friend cooled him down and they left.
i have seen a fist fight between my previous neighbor (senior citizen) and some thug a few years back where i pulled over in my car and called the police... before the police got there, 3 of the thugs friends came running down the street with there pit pull, hit the old man from behind and started attacking him as he lied defenseless on the ground... it was not a situation i wanted to get into but sometimes you have to follow what feels best... luckly they stopped the attack when i got out..
these are just some of the incidents that has happened to me or i have seen in the past and they are factors that you think about when someone is attacking you. The fact of the matter is someone is attacking you, trying to cause you physical harm, and you have no idea of there fighting skill level, if there armed, or what the outcome will be... after this sitation, one of my ccw instructors who stands behind me on what i did said, well look at it this way miles... you paid 3000 dollars in lawyer fees and not 6 grand in medicial bills.
Back to the incident... after the driver blocked my truck in with his, he got out of the car and started making threats... i did not think anything about it... people run there mouths all the time and most of them thats all they do... After seeing that this person was becoming more and more aggressive i began to see that this could become dangerous... Now lets remind everyone of the 21 foot rule... when this person was yelling making threats to hurt me, he was about 15 feet away... he was approaching closer and closer as he made more threats... i warned him to stay back...about 10 feet away he began to charge at me... this is when i pulled my weapon and ordered him back into the truck, after mulitple times trying to tell him nobody is fighting you, then further warning not to come any closer. Seeing that this person blocked in my truck, was making threats to cause physical harm to me, and him charging at me told me this person was going to try to hurt me.
Yes my friend was next to me, as well as his pregnant fiance and his little sister... I wasnt going to rely on him to help me... not to mention you dont know the attackers skill level... i have myself, as well as seen others hold there own against multiple attackers (both good and bad people)... what is to say that this person doesnt have the same skill level or is more experienced in fighting...
this isnt a martial arts ring... there is no referee and no rules... now i have spent years training as realistic as possible, and have came out on top and sent to the hospital before in the 5 self defense situations i have been in... the point is these people that are attacking you... fighting and attacking is there everyday life... they have no regard for human life... they want to do one thing and that is hurt you and will no hesitiate in doing so. as i later found out, this person attacking me did have a rap sheet of felenious assualt and domestic violence.
drug use? people using steriods or pcp have superior anger, aggression, and strength...
there are so many unknown factors of attackers that you dont know and at the last minute could cause you lethal harm. for me the best thing you can do is avoid a fight.. if you cant avoid one, do what you have to to know that you come out alive...
now a person, who did not have the amount of training i had, very well could of shot this person... if he keeps attacking people like he has a rap sheet of doing, he may someday attack someone with a gun that makes that mistake of pulling the trigger...
in ohio, there is no brandishing law... ive spoken with 3 lawyers, and my ccw instructors to verify it and you are able to brandish your pistol to scare an attacker away.
Court result...
The attacker, who is the type of person who does not believe in the court system but rather make threats to find me on the street and get me as he said that night, did not show up to court after pressing charges... After explaining to the judge my side of the story and him not showing up after signing the returned subpeona, The M1 Aggrevated menacing charge was thrown out.
My lawyer spoke with the two arresting officers that showed up in court... After talking with them, we set a trail date for a few weeks from now for the CCW charge, however they aggreed that if i can show proof that i had a valid CCW permit during the date of the incident, that they would drop the charge to a minor misdemaor that i can pay out. i do not understand because the night of the arrest, as soon as they ran my license plate they knew that i was a valid permit holder.
After the plea aggrement and paying out fines in a few weeks, my property will be returned to me, CCW reinstated, and my bail money refunded.
Like one of my CCW instructors said, better 3 grand in lawyer fees then 3 grand in medical bills.
What ive learned from this...
1) I will tattoo a copy of my license onto my back if i have to... i will never go anywhere without it again (even though the police knew i was a permit holder).
2) Better holster... I will not get a retention holster... i use them for the range but will not use them for self defense... for whatever reason your situation awareness is caught off gaurd and you are attacked, the last thing you want is a something preventing you from getting your gun... i will get a better fitting holster that holds the gun tighter, but not a retention.
3) as stated, i usually do carry pepper spray on me... Yes i am a black belt, but if you can avoid having a punch or kick being thrown at you with pepper spray keeping your distance, its better then having to physically defense yourself with your body... if this person was on drugs or impaired, it maybe wouldnt of affected him but it certianly doesnt hurt.
So this is the outcome of what happen... i greatly appreciate everyones responses (both positive and negative towards my defense) but i stood behind my training and what i did 100 percent, and i know that i am still here today... 3000 dollars in debt from it but i could of been in the hospital or 6 feet under.
it is in a bad neighborhood... i did not arrange a meeting with my friend in a bad neighboorhood to discuss our weekends events... i just purchased some flag poles for a 9/11 memorial parade for my truck at the home depot and saw my friend down the road on the way home getting gas so i pulled in next to him to talk.
2) this thug pulled his truck in behind me, blocking me in so i was unable to get back into my truck and leave... he had one intention and that was to fight me for some unknown reason as i never seen him before...
3) now people say fight and dont think lethal... let me tell you guys about fights around here..
my ccw instructor now has a disease from a self defense incident where an attacker bit him... not something i want to carry and pass on to my future children
yes, i am a martial artist... i have luckly defended myself against mulitple unarmed attackers and walked away with minimul injuries, delivering mulitple sing blow knockouts... but heres how you have to look at it... if i can do it, so can anybody else... a lot of people grow up on the streets and are in street fights weekly, attend boxing "acadamies" or participate in MMA groups... i have never had to fight one of these people but i have seen fights on the street with people who are skilled with boxing and mma techniques that have left people near dead.
I have have a group of gang members come up and try to attack me.. at first was a fight 4 of them against me and a friend, but then the one guy pulled a knife on me at the last second... luckly for me his friend cooled him down and they left.
i have seen a fist fight between my previous neighbor (senior citizen) and some thug a few years back where i pulled over in my car and called the police... before the police got there, 3 of the thugs friends came running down the street with there pit pull, hit the old man from behind and started attacking him as he lied defenseless on the ground... it was not a situation i wanted to get into but sometimes you have to follow what feels best... luckly they stopped the attack when i got out..
these are just some of the incidents that has happened to me or i have seen in the past and they are factors that you think about when someone is attacking you. The fact of the matter is someone is attacking you, trying to cause you physical harm, and you have no idea of there fighting skill level, if there armed, or what the outcome will be... after this sitation, one of my ccw instructors who stands behind me on what i did said, well look at it this way miles... you paid 3000 dollars in lawyer fees and not 6 grand in medicial bills.
Back to the incident... after the driver blocked my truck in with his, he got out of the car and started making threats... i did not think anything about it... people run there mouths all the time and most of them thats all they do... After seeing that this person was becoming more and more aggressive i began to see that this could become dangerous... Now lets remind everyone of the 21 foot rule... when this person was yelling making threats to hurt me, he was about 15 feet away... he was approaching closer and closer as he made more threats... i warned him to stay back...about 10 feet away he began to charge at me... this is when i pulled my weapon and ordered him back into the truck, after mulitple times trying to tell him nobody is fighting you, then further warning not to come any closer. Seeing that this person blocked in my truck, was making threats to cause physical harm to me, and him charging at me told me this person was going to try to hurt me.
Yes my friend was next to me, as well as his pregnant fiance and his little sister... I wasnt going to rely on him to help me... not to mention you dont know the attackers skill level... i have myself, as well as seen others hold there own against multiple attackers (both good and bad people)... what is to say that this person doesnt have the same skill level or is more experienced in fighting...
this isnt a martial arts ring... there is no referee and no rules... now i have spent years training as realistic as possible, and have came out on top and sent to the hospital before in the 5 self defense situations i have been in... the point is these people that are attacking you... fighting and attacking is there everyday life... they have no regard for human life... they want to do one thing and that is hurt you and will no hesitiate in doing so. as i later found out, this person attacking me did have a rap sheet of felenious assualt and domestic violence.
drug use? people using steriods or pcp have superior anger, aggression, and strength...
there are so many unknown factors of attackers that you dont know and at the last minute could cause you lethal harm. for me the best thing you can do is avoid a fight.. if you cant avoid one, do what you have to to know that you come out alive...
now a person, who did not have the amount of training i had, very well could of shot this person... if he keeps attacking people like he has a rap sheet of doing, he may someday attack someone with a gun that makes that mistake of pulling the trigger...
in ohio, there is no brandishing law... ive spoken with 3 lawyers, and my ccw instructors to verify it and you are able to brandish your pistol to scare an attacker away.
Court result...
The attacker, who is the type of person who does not believe in the court system but rather make threats to find me on the street and get me as he said that night, did not show up to court after pressing charges... After explaining to the judge my side of the story and him not showing up after signing the returned subpeona, The M1 Aggrevated menacing charge was thrown out.
My lawyer spoke with the two arresting officers that showed up in court... After talking with them, we set a trail date for a few weeks from now for the CCW charge, however they aggreed that if i can show proof that i had a valid CCW permit during the date of the incident, that they would drop the charge to a minor misdemaor that i can pay out. i do not understand because the night of the arrest, as soon as they ran my license plate they knew that i was a valid permit holder.
After the plea aggrement and paying out fines in a few weeks, my property will be returned to me, CCW reinstated, and my bail money refunded.
Like one of my CCW instructors said, better 3 grand in lawyer fees then 3 grand in medical bills.
What ive learned from this...
1) I will tattoo a copy of my license onto my back if i have to... i will never go anywhere without it again (even though the police knew i was a permit holder).
2) Better holster... I will not get a retention holster... i use them for the range but will not use them for self defense... for whatever reason your situation awareness is caught off gaurd and you are attacked, the last thing you want is a something preventing you from getting your gun... i will get a better fitting holster that holds the gun tighter, but not a retention.
3) as stated, i usually do carry pepper spray on me... Yes i am a black belt, but if you can avoid having a punch or kick being thrown at you with pepper spray keeping your distance, its better then having to physically defense yourself with your body... if this person was on drugs or impaired, it maybe wouldnt of affected him but it certianly doesnt hurt.
So this is the outcome of what happen... i greatly appreciate everyones responses (both positive and negative towards my defense) but i stood behind my training and what i did 100 percent, and i know that i am still here today... 3000 dollars in debt from it but i could of been in the hospital or 6 feet under.
