So my parents recently retired. They're driving from their home in Alaska to Charleston, S.C.
Long story short, yesterday morning (around 9AM) they were checking out of their hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee. Just before they hit the road, my dad went to the hotel's breakfast buffet to fill up his coffee. Meanwhile, my mom went outside in the parking lot to put her bags in the car. As she was standing on the car's driver side, casually waiting on my dad to come out, an SUV abruptly pulled up in front of her. The driver stepped out nude from the waist down, showing off a massive erection. He then began to franticly masturbate while starring down my mother from about 10 feet away (very romantic, I know). My mom wasn't so much freaked out as she was confused and unsure if what she was seeing was real. As she came to her senses, she took an about face, and ran into the hotel as fast as she could to get my dad and alert the hotel staff. Of course by the time my dad got outside to confront the guy, he was long gone. Unfortunately, my mom did not get his license plate (something she's been beating herself up over).
So my question is this... Both of my parents are CCW holders, however, because they had to drive through Canada they did not have their guns on them at the time, and will not have them until I fly down to Charleston next week. If, however, my mom did have her gun on her at the time, would it have been appropriate to brandish it in hopes of driving "Captain Romantic" away from her, or would that have been a no no?
I'm sort of conflicted about this one. Although the guy wasn't exactly posing an immediate threat, it sure seems like a middle aged woman who is alone in a parking lot might see it a lot differently. Also, my mom was able to run away from the guy, so there was never a time where she felt trapped, but the guy was obviously unstable, and who knows what could have happened by turning her back on him?
I know there's a lot of gray area here, and you could obviously make an argument for either way, but assume it was your wife or mother, and assume she was legally armed. What would you have her do?
Long story short, yesterday morning (around 9AM) they were checking out of their hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee. Just before they hit the road, my dad went to the hotel's breakfast buffet to fill up his coffee. Meanwhile, my mom went outside in the parking lot to put her bags in the car. As she was standing on the car's driver side, casually waiting on my dad to come out, an SUV abruptly pulled up in front of her. The driver stepped out nude from the waist down, showing off a massive erection. He then began to franticly masturbate while starring down my mother from about 10 feet away (very romantic, I know). My mom wasn't so much freaked out as she was confused and unsure if what she was seeing was real. As she came to her senses, she took an about face, and ran into the hotel as fast as she could to get my dad and alert the hotel staff. Of course by the time my dad got outside to confront the guy, he was long gone. Unfortunately, my mom did not get his license plate (something she's been beating herself up over).
So my question is this... Both of my parents are CCW holders, however, because they had to drive through Canada they did not have their guns on them at the time, and will not have them until I fly down to Charleston next week. If, however, my mom did have her gun on her at the time, would it have been appropriate to brandish it in hopes of driving "Captain Romantic" away from her, or would that have been a no no?
I'm sort of conflicted about this one. Although the guy wasn't exactly posing an immediate threat, it sure seems like a middle aged woman who is alone in a parking lot might see it a lot differently. Also, my mom was able to run away from the guy, so there was never a time where she felt trapped, but the guy was obviously unstable, and who knows what could have happened by turning her back on him?
I know there's a lot of gray area here, and you could obviously make an argument for either way, but assume it was your wife or mother, and assume she was legally armed. What would you have her do?
The man was quietly doing his thing from a distance, what's the big deal... It would have been nice to have a gun just in case, but that applies to any situation.
