I cringe to ask... and what would you have done if you'd found him? Gone to prison for his murder? Or assault? Or given him a stern talking to? Bought him lunch and asked him not to be so mean?
Of course I can't honestly answer that as I didn't find him.
The best answer probably is, maybe something like this might occur,
While I would calmly try to explain to him that I don't think he should kill my Wife and instead he should change his ways and become a nice person, he might try to shoot me with the 44 Mag that he used later.
Even though I would regret it terribly, I would have No other choice but to defend myself.
Of course that's all speculation and being the nice guy I am I'm sure I could convince that fellow to change the error of his ways.
I guess the unarmed man that he killed with the 44 mag, in front of his wife, just wasn't as smooth a talker as myself.
Yes indeed. Some suggestions:
Remain armed,
stay alert, very alert,
take steps to improveyour home security, and
avoid doing anything stupid that would result in your incarceration or in the loss of the tools you need to protect yourself and your family.
All taken care of, but the simple fact is, if there is nothing to stop someone who wants to kill you (or loved ones), there's not a lot you can do to stop them, except stop them.
That's tragic. It wasn't your job to find him (you were not sworn to do so, nor were you indemnified or working within the constructs of legitimate law enforcement), and most importantly, you stayed alive, unhurt, and out of prison.
If not my job to protect my Wife, then who's job is it? Who's job was it to protect the man that was killed? Last I heard the Police aren't even legally responsible to protect anyone. (not bad mouthing the Police, I was LEO years ago myself)
I wouldn't try to tell anyone how to handle such a situation but personally, I wasn't going to let anyone hurt my Wife.
So guys, that's all I say about this because how each one of us would handle such a situation is their own business.
But do take threats seriously.
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