CCW +1, Jerk 0

[LT4Hawk9]

...Regardless if he pulled it or not if someone called the local P.D and said thier life was just threatened he will be guilty since he has a weapon in his car.

Bingo. We have a winner! At least in VA, it really didn't matter if there was a weapon in the car.

Ask my best friend. His coworker hit him in the head with a wet paintbrush, and he turned and said "Do that again and I'll kill you!" She turned him in to the bosses, and the cops were there in 15 minutes. She didn't end up pressing charges on him, but he lost his job for making the threat. Sure, this is an extreme example, but if they got your tag number and they turn you in, welcome to being screwed...ESPECIALLY if they say you reached for something as you made the threat, and the cops see you have a concealed permit. They'll put 2 and 2 together, just like folks in this thread are doing.

[2000SSM6]

Ask my best friend. His coworker hit him in the head with a wet paintbrush, and he turned and said "Do that again and I'll kill you!" She turned him in to the bosses, and the cops were there in 15 minutes.

Hit in the head with a wet paintbrush? WTF? She should have at least been bitch slapped, LOL.

As a CCW myself, most of the OPs actions seemed ok until the "death threat" comment. That should have been left out. Deadly force is the last option and should be used only then. A retreat would have been better but given the details, that may not have been a option due to a handicap. His pistol should have been on his person also, that way when he got out of the car to retreat, the pistol went with him incase it got worse. I have not had to pull mine yet but will give a much better warning before hand. A retreat will make you look like a puss but better than a long drawn out, expensive, court trial.

[00z28bubba]

i thought this thread was about wheels

sadly i thought the same. i got all into dream mode and was disappointed to say the least.

[Smkn_TA]

2. If you go by the facts when you say "She will be attending your funeral" while reaching for a weapon you just made a threat. Regardless if he pulled it or not if someone called the local P.D and said thier life was just threatened he will be guilty since he has a weapon in his car.

He could have said he was reaching for his cell phone to call the cops. And not to play "that card". But the dude served the military and got physically impaired from it. You don't think cops are going to go light and be friendly? I have a friend with two jimmy crutches, he can walk but not to good and he loses balance a lot. Anyways, he has a handicap liscense plate. Everytime he comes to a checkpoint cops run from time to time. They waive him through every single time. They don't smell his breath or anything half the time. Just wave on by.

[chiller2484]

i thought this thread was about wheels

+1

[doberman 152]

Good job on keeping your head on straight and not doing something stupid, CCW is a privilege you don't want to lose.

[Tonik]

i thought this thread was about wheels

+1

[Bigrus]

He could have said he was reaching for his cell phone to call the cops. And not to play "that card". But the dude served the military and got physically impaired from it. You don't think cops are going to go light and be friendly? I have a friend with two jimmy crutches, he can walk but not to good and he loses balance a lot. Anyways, he has a handicap liscense plate. Everytime he comes to a checkpoint cops run from time to time. They waive him through every single time. They don't smell his breath or anything half the time. Just wave on by.

No, and again they will check and realize he has a weapon in the car further putting guilt on his shoulders.

Regardless of his service many officers are on higher alert when it comes to weapons and death threats. Sadly there have been some people who have come back from war only to kill civilians. Regardless of their duty you need to look at state of mind and the evidence at the time.