Someone reaching to your head... if that's not threatening I do not know what is. Self defense is not a crime Care...
Why are you siding with a criminal over an honest American minding his daily business? That's a better question. Trump hat was triggering?
reaching for your HAT,
is not life threatening... you know it, I know it, everyone else on this board knows it.... but heels are dug in, as they always are, on this board!!!
I have to wonder at your stance here.
A stranger, moves on another stranger, in a politically motivated attack. The person reaching for the hat is so far out of the bounds of normal and acceptable behavior, it is more than reasonable to think that the person is not sane and is a serious threat to your health, if not your life.
Who has such a lack of impulse control? Mentally ill people, that is who.
You are wrong here.
Likely crazy or a smart ass kid, a punk.....
The police report did not say any contact was made....
And what would the weapon guy do, if he did not have a gun, in this situation, like most people?
I see a positive to concealed carrying in true life threatening situations, stop a shooter in the mall, or in your church, or school teacher perhaps, or stop a rape in the park, or stop a robbery in the bank you are in.....
Hat stealing and political yelling, just does not rise to the occasion imho.
Granted, I was not there....maybe the guy was not just taking the easy, but dangerous, way out?....
He was not too bright of a guy either, he chose to break the law, and carry in the mall, when It was illegal to do such...then, chose to draw the gun for a hat hat snatcher in a mall with lots of people that could have accidentally gotten hurt, again for a hat swiper that never laid a hand on him.....
I see it as ...iff you draw your gun, have the reason, justifiable reason, and assumption that you will likely kill someone.... if the situation does not warrant you to kill the aggressor, then don't draw it.... use other means to settle the squabble.