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I also have been involved in a self defense situation. Did almost 7 months in jail and took 5 years to go to court. 45 min for the jury to declare me not guilty.
@@Sparks00psn at first I was locked up for a week while the detectives were conducting their investigation. Then I was released. 8 months went by. Then my brother called and said I was on the news charged with 2 degree murder. All because this guy's family would NOT stop harassing the DA. This guy just got out of prison. I had NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE. He broke in my home and attacked me. And it did not end well for him.
I know of an off duty cop who was killed because his girlfriend did the same thing. The robbery suspects didn't know he was armed, but she blurts out, "Don't pull your gun". They immediately shot him dead... he didnt have a chance.
Why are African Americans allowed to own guns? Aren't democratic black cities usually the ones where guns aren't allowed? Serious question, since black people cause most gun crime shouldn't they be banned from owning guns? What law would that break? Same laws they use for affirmative action right?
It did work out though, imagine if he had the gun trained on the road rager in front of his car, and the passenger of the other car was able to pop off shots while he was distracted. If it works out, might as well not question what could have been.
@@Motowad they only grabbed their guns when she yelled he had his so whos saying they would've ever grabbed their guns but like you said might as well not question what could have been
He was brazen enough to admit that? Man I’d have sued like crazy. Probably wouldn’t have won, because racism always to be 100% okay, or even flat out encouraged and required, if it’s against whites… but still. There’s a chance.
The fact that here in America you can be the victim of a crime, defend yourself then have to go through all that BS all because you protected yourself.
To be fair, I think opening fire in heavy traffic warrants some investigating. Just because you're the victim doesn't mean you can't do dumb/illegal shit too.
@@mrtwilight777 So... If you're attacked and feel you are in fear for your life, either death or severe bodily harm, you can't use a firearm if there's heavy traffic?
@@mrtwilight777 "I think opening fire in heavy traffic warrants investigation" "You can't do anything dumb" There's an implied connection between these two statements, implying shooting in heavy traffic is possibly dumb. Logically you are saying
the only time i ever came close to having to shoot someone, it was because of a fucking woman opening her mouth. jamal was already upset. you didn't need to push him into fit of total bassetball psychosis, woman
@@spectre6682 I bet if they found any amount of drugs in your car, or system for that matter, your white privilege would have kicked in again for the second time in this instance and you would have faced upgraded charges across the board. Also, while I don't really blame her as it clearly sounds like she was simply terrified and well intentioned, your ex-gf sort of earned the forehead stippling for announcing you were armed to the doctor/lawyer/choirboy circling the hood of your car.
@@The_Noticer_of_Things no body earns accidental harms when simply operating by instinct of life preservation: yes it's idiotic of the passenger, but it's typical also! That's why these scenarios have to be PRE-discussed with ppl u love if they are your passengers! Being smart about this means having policies among those we love. Otherwise, dn't concealed carry with them.
@@spectre6682no it’s 60%. Well it’s 5 shots and 3 hit. So if you think of it like money and a 100 bill breaks down into 5 $20 bills that makes it a 100 then you got $60 or 60% average. 60% is 3 of 5…
@@88997799did you not watch the video? The good guy shot three times at the bad guys and the bad guys were hit five times Good guy fired three rounds Bad guys had five bullet tracts If we perform some elementary school math: shots/hits = 3/5 = 166.667%
Don’t you have to prove that they knew it was false information, but published it anyway? For defamation. Seems like they could just say “well that was the best information we had at the time, it was a developing story 🤷♂️ “
@@wmpx34Key elements are that the statements were FALSE, and the party acted with negligence in determining if the statement were true or false. If they knowing made the false statement, that’s malice, not mere negligence, which is much worse for the news of course. So if the news made statements of objectively FALSE facts, and they didn’t bother checking the veracity of those purported facts, they potentially “stepped in it”. Look up the Nicholas Sandman defamation cases. He had some cases thrown out, but CNN settled as did a number of other defendants. The news outlets merely claimed that Sandman was a “racist” and that he “blocked” a Native American from moving through a crowd. While the settlements are confidential, Sandman initially sued CNN for $275 million.
@@wmpx34 this is more or less correct, basically for a defamation conviction you need to prove that they intentionally or ought to have known better. The problem with defamation cases is that probably 50-80% are just Strategic lawsuit against public participation(SLAPP) so the bar is quite high.
I agree, but this is a communist country now, so self-defense is criminalized while crime is legalized - chaos, violence, and murder is the government's goal.
These testimonies are wild. I was involved in a self defense shooting once. My state backed me 100%. I never once felt like a suspect. Thank god for real DAs, judges, and cops that stand up for your rights.
Awesome to hear that I'm glad it worked out for you that way. I am curious to know how clear cut the evidence was, (video, etc?) and did you speak to them directly after or not?
For real! These stories are infuriating. I'd definitely get prosecuted in a SDS in my state, but it's basically impossible to get a CC license in my state, so that's kind of irrelevant.
@@spectre6682 Good questions. The only evidence they had was my statement, my wife’s statement, a pedestrians statement, and the aggressors statement. It was an insane road rage situation and I was on a motorcycle so when I discharged, I raced to safety, called PD, spoke with them and detectives over the phone. I never had an officer show up to my home and the only question he asked me regarding my firearm was if I was legal to carry I.E. no felonies as I live in a constitutional carry state. Case was shut very quickly and the aggressor who lived was further punished under that law.
@@1800Kalashnikovshooter I think the contrast between your case and his, is that you actually spoke and gave a statement because you knew you were innocent, its not necesarilly doing any bad against you if you seriously just tell the truth right then and there knowing you are innocent. Unfortunately for the person who was involved in the situation within this video, he chose to stay silent. I almost hate to say it, this indicated some sort of guilt EVEN THOUGH he was not guilty. Exercising your right to remain silent is a very subjective situation that in my utmost opinion does not necessarily help you out 100% in every situation. Sure there are cases of amnesia or some sort of traumatic response that can occur to alter your intial statement, but not everyone can keep themselves composed. Given the understanding the creator of the video was able to land all of his shots on target and was able to make rational decisions in the spur of the moment, tells me that he was fully capable of telling the officers at the scene what had occured in the best possible way. My best argument for this understanding is a paper written called, Bibas, Stephanos, "The Right to Remain Silent Helps Only the Guilty" (2003).
@@Nihghtbot I 100% agree with the sentiment however I’ve seen cases where they do not remain silent and still get charged with whatever. I also believe it’s determined by the political leanings of your district attorney and whether they believe in your rights to defense or not.
@@spectre6682i would definitely tell her in no uncertain terms that if she does something like that again she is gone. She could have cost you your life and freedom.
Raising awareness for road rage shootings is important. People don’t realize there are people out there ready to risk it all over an influx of emotions. Thanks for the video
Never had a good ass kicking before the guns get involved and don’t have a clue when they do. AS they say, and armed society is a polite society. Threaten someone with harm and they could come down with and acute case of lead poisoning.
@@spectre6682 Every now and then, I find myself stuck on a one-lane road with a clueless, slow/sloppy driver (usually very old) ahead of me, and an aggro behind me. I don't want to be stuck in that situation, so I simply pull onto a shoulder, into a parking lot, or down a quiet side street, and let that whole situation just get past me.
I basically did the thing at the start where I pulled out to another lane to get around a stopped car ahead of me, and accidentally side swiped another car that was already in that lane. My fault and all that, but thankfully no one got angry enough to cause a shooting.
people take road rage in general way too lightly. gun or no gun a car on its own is still very much a deadly weapon. imo someone going apeshit on the road and driving aggressively because they cant control their emotions should be taken just as seriously as an angry dude waving a gun around in public
@@MrIcySackShe took office in late 2008..? Wasn't this reported on in March 2008 by the news article? Who was the state attorney before she was voted in? That's who was responsible. Also, I dont think the state attorneys carry out every single case out personally.
I got into a shootout in Kent Washington in 2017. Just walking to the store. Couple of black teens start bugging me. Asking me a lot of questions. One of them reached for my pockets and tried to rob me. I pull a gun. They pull a gun. But they only had 1. I start firing. They all ran, the one with the gun fired 5 shots at me as he was running missed every shot. . I fired 4 shots I hit him twice. Once in his chest once his neck. He survived. Was arrested. They never got the other guys. But the one I shot got a 5 year sentence. I was cleared due to camera footage. Similar to you I was taken to the station immediately. Questioned etc. they took my gun and held it for nearly 3 months. I did get it back eventually. The corner store thankfully had great footage of the shooting which showed everything happen as I said.
I’m a trucker, have been for almost 14 years. It’s astonishing the amount of people who do not realize how dangerous driving is. Particularly road rage. I’ve seen it happen countless times, fights over ridiculous nonsense. Leave your ego at home and just drive safely, if you make the wrong person angry, you may very well die. As a concealed carrier, I’m glad you made it out of that situation alive. God is on your side no matter what some state prosecutor says. Thank you for your service.
I used to have a late night driving job and it made me buy first pistol. 2 people randomly tried to Mad Max me out in the country for no reason at 3am. So i started having that gun on the center console at night but otherwise put away. Then a guy at like 9am drunk from the night before got out of his car and fight me at a stop light because I beeped at him for drunk driving across 4 lanes. So I started keeping the gun always in reach. Then I walked into a bathroom at a property for work at 3am and there was a crackhead in there. So I started carrying at work at night. A lot of shit goes down if you drive enough and a lot of shit goes on at midnight to 4am. Most people are asleep or don't drive enough to know this.
@@wotan_nightshade Amen. I’ve always carried a gun. Pretty normal in these parts. I used to run Chicago a lot, I always ignored their silly gun “laws.” Glad you kept yourself safe. Some of us don’t have the choice and have to go to bad areas since the people there need food and water just like the better neighborhoods.
@@PickupsAreNotTrucks Also a driver, or was until I sold my last two trucks earlier this year. Always carried, but did keep in mind which states had which silly rules and restrictions. Fun fact about Illinois: Despite their really crummy laws and no "official" reciprocity with most out of state CCLs, there is a small provision that if you have a CCL (doesn't matter which state), then you may open carry within your vehicle, but NOWHERE else.
@@rondodson5736 That’s true even as an owner op beings most sites/customers do not allow firearms. Tell your son to keep the gun put away where nobody can see it and be on his best behavior. What they don’t know won’t hurt them. Safety always comes first over company policy. There’s lots of court cases in favor of the 2nd amendment the past few years and more and more and being pushed up to the Supreme Court and they are in gun owners favor. It might get you fired but, at least you’ll be alive. Nobody knows I have a gun, it’s always under my shirt. I carried as a company driver as well. Only place I did not carry was when I was delivering to prisons. They search everything when entering and leaving a prison. But, if your license is legal in that state, you can call ahead to some prisons and they’ll allow you to use a lock box as you enter the prison to keep your firearm safe. Every company has a “no firearms” policy but it’s just some jackass lawyer idea. The companies, the sites, and the police all know we have firearms with us. Just keep your mouth shut about it and you’re good. Sorry I rambled there. I don’t wanna see someone hurt over a silly company policy. I would ignore it. Always have and always will.
I'm getting my conceal carry permit this month, and this is a good reminder to tell my wife to never mention that I'm carrying or say anything about a gun during any sort of altercation. That escalated things from bad to horrible so fast.
Absolutely. But when you get your carry permit do yourself a favor and get some kind of carry insurance that protects you if you have a self defense situation. The United States conceal and carry Association for starters but look into Attorneys on retainer or something but do get something especially if you dont have the 100k for a bond and another 100k plus for your defense. I wish I had that coverage as if I did. I am sure I would never have been convicted of anything.
Wow! Your girlfriend screaming that you have a gun is what I'm always afraid of when I'm driving my mom around, cause she freaks out over the smallest things. I'm glad you both lived to tell the story, and hope you never have to go through that again!
Yeah, it definitely changed the dynamic of the situation quickly. But also there's no way to know how it would have gone down otherwise. Just have to keep your head on a swivel
@@HandsomeLongshanks- Nice. However I tend to go with when wife doesn’t know, she won’t complain or criticize me for carrying. Hadn’t thought of this complication. I hate screaming enough when it’s just annoying, much worse when it threatens your life.
I am a disabled veteran and was attacked by four men in a dark parking lot in 2015 in a failed robbery attempt after the four had stalked me being a military man. Once I left and in the parking lot they attacked me. One guy the lead guy was killed. It was unprovoked and without warning. No alcohol for me but the four were drinking and had drugs in them. The guy that died was twice the legal limit to drive. I had four attackers and a 380 with only 7 rounds to spread out if you will. At the end of the day, I was charged with assaulting my attackers as the state argued that I committed an assault and as a result of the assault the guy dies. Just never mind about the attack and attempted robbery. Fun fact. The first guy to initiate the attack knocked my glasses off my face making me legally blind and like I said, in a dark parking lot and in shock and disbelief that this was happening . After firing two shots and getting the initial guy off me, I swept my gun in such a way to address the three remaining attackers to which one was running up to me but told an investigator that he stopped and was asked why he stopped? He said because there was a gun pointed at him…my gun, a gun that had just been fired twice and was pointed right at him as he looked down the barrel of my gun with my finger on the trigger wanting to pull it but because I could not see him to shoot him I could not fire per my own training. He was literally like an eighth inch away from being killed himself. At the end of the day the state argued that I had no right to defend myself because they were unarmed yet there were four of them and argued that as a result of the assault a fear assault that the guy died and with grossly incompetent public defenders not arguing at all second amendment grounds to self defense even though I got a self defense jury instruction and a self defense presumption I was found guilty of second degree felony murder but the kicker here is that with second degree felony murder there must be a predicate felony to go along with the actual death itself and the only thing that the state could come up with was a fear assault to which the state also argued that if I had only brandished my gun that I could have avoided the whole thing but that is EXACTLY what a second degree fear assault is ie brandishing a firearm and making some threat or demand at gunpoint which the state admits a second degree fear assault never happened so there should be not conviction for second degree felony murder either…as I continue to fight my case after being in prison for 8 years at least now being on supervised release, I can at least approach my case to try and get exonerated. Thanks for sharing your story as I hope with your happy ending I hope I have one soon too.
User, my God you poor guy. What a fkn nightmare you went through n still fighting. Sounds like a California thing but alot of states are twins with their wokeness. I can't imagine going through what you have gone through. Total bullsh$$, n definitely a self defense situation. How could anyone not see that it met every action. 4 guys against one, sounds really fair. The DA is a absolute disgraceful piece of sh $$. May God judge him before sentencing. This is the kind of story every American needs to read n get behind the poor guy "you" n get a just charge of self defense. How they arrived at those charges just makes me sick thinking about it. Makes me think about my ccw choice, as I'd likely just commit suicide cus I am in extreme pain 24/7/365. Knowing they don't hand out pain meds in prison. So I wouldn't have a choice. Or find the badas$ of the joint n embarrass him so he kills me. 😢 If there's anything I could do to help you please ask. I will be subsequently evaluating if I even want to ccw my firearm for self defense. How could ANY jury or judge rule against our self defense against 4 men.😢 God Speed my friend, I am so damn sorry that a soldier served our country n be treated like you have. Unbelievable n absolute disgraceful of those whom convicted you to save your life.😢 Ty
Holy shit that’s awful. My dad had to kill an armed burglar back in the early 2000s. This was in California which everyone thinks is against self defense but my dad wasn’t arrested or detained in cuffs. Cops took a statement and we left to get a hotel room for the night. What county or area was this in where prosecutors did this to you?
That sounds absolutely horrible and I so very sorry to hear that you had to go through that. I am thankful my situation turned out the way it did because I have seen too many others get screwed over doing the right thing.
Retired cop,Firearms instructor,and hunter. Your recollection of the shooting is a classic reaction. You described it perfectly. I was involved in two shootings in my 26 year career and several other encounters both on and off duty where the decision to use deadly force was on the table. I tell all folks who want to carry that they should be prepared to be treated as a criminal by responding police officers after a shooting situation and to not appear as a threat, cooperate but say and write nothing until you speak with an attorney. You know you did the right thing and want to tell your side but don’t. Great video. It should be shown in CCW courses and police academies.
I was also involved in a shooting. 3 people, one shot and dead. 2 bothers and a girlfriend. The undead bother and girlfriend got felony murder charges. I still worry about retaliation as my name and address were put on the local news. This was over 10 years ago. It forever changed me. I learned alot.
@@joshualemaster9328the system is so corrupt, I did 7 years for involuntary manslaughter just because I was there during a shooting that had nothing to do with me, I’ve been restored my firearms rights and the judge said that I was at the wrong place at the wrong time, but I went to prison smh, basically they punished me for not snitching.
@@wiillthebarbertv9415 It's your fault for letting the anti-justice brainwashing keep you from snitching like it's a bad thing to put away degenerates like that. Hope you learned your lesson not to try and protect criminals from God's wrath.
I’ve seen several people “girl-splain” your girlfriend’s actions. They don’t realize that If she hadn’t blurted out her panicked statement, then the situation probably wouldn’t have escalated.
I was in a non-critical self defense incident where the county DA filed charges despite the detective saying that he witnessed video evidence from the suspect saying he was going to assault me. Since this was during covid I was subject to over two years of proceedings and the DA refiled 3 times. Once in state court and twice in federal court. Eventually the charges were dismissed with prejudice because the guy who attacked me was a felon for meth distribution, was on probation, and if he was forced to show up to court and that video was played of him assaulting me he would have gone back to prison. Ironically, the state never was able to serve him papers despite him having to regularly check in with his parole officer so he was either skipping his parole checkins or the state was purposefully avoiding serving him papers. The judge that dismissed the charges wrote the DA and prosecutors a scathing judgement essentially saying they deprived my rights at every step and that they were unlikely to be able to even show that a crime was likely committed let alone beyond a reasonable doubt. The Chief of Police of the department where the incident took place tried to pressure the detective to charge me with a felony. The detective said that he would only file charges if forced to do so and would include in his report that he was ordered to file charges and that he did not see probable cause for the charges. The Chief of Police backed off at that point and referred the case to the DA. My attorney said that he was actually very excited for my case. He said it's not every day he gets to go to court where the police are on his side. The state would have had to discredit their own officer which would have been a huge deal. In the end I never saw trial. But I still to this day have PTSD from the stress from the process of being criminally prosecuted.
@@rondodson5736 my PTSD is from the years of constant stress due to the state repeatedly filing charges. I had no clue if I was or wasn't going to go to trial. I had evidence of my innocence but I was still worried because of the color of my attackers skin. Where I was charged is very liberal and they would have likely found me guilty regardless of the facts.
@@montagreloaded7586 the dude is hated by everyone. Police hate him because he's soft on crime and leftists hate him because he usually clears the police in shootings. He's very unpopular but has insane name recognition because he's always in the media and has billboards along the most popular freeways around the city.
The way the cops and DA went after you and refused to serve your attacker... that was a Confidential Informant I bet. He gave them too much valuable information and the cops would lose their meth dealer.
We have two groups that we need to fear and must defend ourselves from. The first, is private criminals. The second are government funded criminals. Sometimes they wear both hats.
@@notsure9056 That group is actually quite diverse. Once they get in and get a taste of that sweet taxpayer cash, they never want to let it go. And bring in friends and family to get some, too.
Thanks for the video! A racist, self-promoting D.A. sacrificing justice for a promotion. So glad you finally got it worked out. Important to talk with your loved ones about communications, etc.
@@CharlesJones-wi7tzit's hilarious watching your Olympic level mental gymnastics. Blaming a Democrat in Florida is literally just avoiding accountability. Statistically it was a republican judge AND district attorney.
I am also in Jacksonville, and I spent 6 years in pretrial detention in a self-defense case. I won the trial in June 2023 for a variety reasons, there was no alleged victim, the police and prosecutors had never met or even seen one and no one accused me of a crime against them, and this person they claimed was a victim was someone who wasn't even alive (he was a felon who was murdered by a rival gang member from prison), and the medical history and reports flat out said the alleged victim didn't even have the injuries the police and prosecutors claimed. The JSO, Florida State Attorneys, and the judges in Jacksonville are pure evil. They all worked together for 6 years to prevent me from going to trial and they all together kept destroying the evidence of my innocence and the illegal arrest.
As a Brazilian, I can say that worldwide, the judiciary is a failure that needs to be revised. It has clearly failed what it claims to do: Justice. It's just that sometimes it works the way it was intended, and other times, it works however as they want, my country knows it very well, and you know it too.
I know as a black guy how it feels to be profiled by the law. The fact that that mf said “you were a white guy on the wrong side of town” truly pisses me off at that guy. No man deserves to be belittled in such a manner when they haven’t even been proven guilty.
It sucks that it's a thing period, whether it's the law, everyday citizens, friends, family, etc. Instead of judging each person by the way they act and treat others, everyone is lumped into one category and that's where you sit because someone feels a certain way
@@spectre6682 that’s such a shame you even had to go through that man. So glad that you made it through that and are here with us living your best life with your family brother 💪🏿.
@@karlklosschen4544 lol if you’re going to sit here and pass off being discriminatory towards skin color coming from some sort of “experience”, you likely don’t have a brain in your skull dude.
This is why training is sooooo important. Not just with yourself but with any significant other who will be around you. My mother kept saying I have a gun im safe now but she always kept it in her purse. I snatched her purse and asked her "so what are you going to do now". She just looked at me stunned. I told her this is why you don't carry in your purse. So glad to hear about this story and what happened. People need this education.
People have such a strong opinion from hearing one side of the situation, no police reports, not the other side, nothing. But having such a strong opinion. That definitely exemplifies current day America.g
… by the way, I wonder how many people in this comment section consistently get upset at people charged with gun crimes that are released on bail bond for a low amount. The same people would be upset if the guy in this video stayed in jail on a high bail bond them out, but would be upset if someone else got out of jail on a low amount. Our perception and 20/20 hindsight is an extreme bias. Since we don’t have A crystal ball we just have to have a system that works the best possible way for the most amount of people. But that won’t stop the majority of people sing any story on the news from emotionally being upset based on what they know after the fact or based on what they think at the time, regardless of whether the evidence is there or not.g
This happened 5 years ago. It was getting dark and we live in a good neighborhood,anyway,we did until after hurricane katrina,undesirables moved in a couple miles away in my parish. I heard our dog barking,glanced out the window and saw a guy creeping in my back yard. I grabbed the wrong rifle which was a .22 Rossi. I meant to grab the mossberg590 A-1,but anyway,I crept around my shed/apartment,where my brother-in-law lives in and crouched down. As soon as I turned the corner the dam motion light came on and we were within 5 feet of each other. He saw my rifle,took off running to the back gate,turned around and fired 3 shots. I fired twice and he cleared the gate. The cops came,I told them what happened,they saw blood on the fence and ground leading to the back street then stopped. I shot crouching down. I saw where his rounds hit. Two would have missed me,but one would have hit me in the chest,the police said. I was lucky. They never caught the guy and I went on with my life. This was march 22,2019 7:50pm.
I am a 20 year retired LEO. The corruption in the justice system is astounding at times. Clearly a self defense shooting and prosecutor tries screwing you over politics…SMH
Spot on. In the current system, there is no rule of law. Objectively reasonable no longer matters. Happy to be retired myself. Feel bad for the guys who are still doing it.
@@ILruffian 6 years here. I resigned right after 9/11. Wrote a councilman on state DWI. Almost was fired, cited his father for Obstruction /Interference of an investigation. He was the former mayor. Muni of 2500. Never received my yearly raise. Small town bullshit.
🤦♂️ Wow. People have such a strong opinion from hearing one side of the situation, no police reports, not the other side, nothing. But having such a strong opinion. That definitely exemplifies current day America.d
Girlfriend essentially caused it by alerting everyone to your gun even though you werent brandishing it and it was as a last resort really just a precaution and she forced you to use it lmao. I doubt she thought DONT PULL OUT YOUR GUN would be the thing that CAUSED a shooting but it sure did
She is pretty stupid. She failed to see the walker pretend to have a gun / actually having a gun under his shirt. Rerun the scenario with the walker armed. She just turned automatic surprise into a shootout. I am OK with what she did though, I don't expect everyone to be good at everything. No training yields garbage actions. It can even reveal you as a panicker. She is a panicker.
Absolutely. I truly felt bad for my son-in-law sometimes, because my daughter would run her mouth knowing that his physical stature would intimidate most men into backing down. She doesn't realize sometimes people are crazy and she is endangering him unnecessarily. My wife was the same way when we were young. Even the most intelligent women can be idiotic children at times.
No, it was simply the Chinese takeout these two aspiring doctors were delivering to the local orphanage potluck, when this vile white man assaulted them for no other reason than their skin color. Don't be so prejudice.
Thanks for sharing. Five years ago I was involved in a road rage incident where a man boxed in my car, exited his vehicle, and approached me while screaming obscenities. I had my wife and daughter in the car and did not have a firearm. Thankfully he retreated and drove off. Now I carry every day, train regularly, have a license, and insurance. It is a different world now.
@@sandgrownun66 Oi bruv you got a loicense for your butter knoife m8???? Imagine living in a country where you have to show ID to buy a knife and the "refugees" walk around with machetes and don't get arrested for it.
@@javierrodriguez6600 It doesn't happen in any country. Even cities South and Central America, don't have the level of gun violence, cities like Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Atlanta do. Also the murd3r rate in places like Canada, Europe, and Japan are a fraction of those in the US. It's almost like a war zone in the US cities I mentioned.
@@cptn_chromo3189 Why are you suddenly writing in pidgin English? Nobody writes that way, except for Muricans. The US, a so-called "civilised" country, with a literacy rate worse than many countries in Africa, and a de@th toll to match. If you are a Murican, which you probably are. Then like most, you've probably never been out of your horrible country. So you haven't got a clue what you're talking about, pal. Oh, and stop getting your language cues from Austin Powers films. BTW, Mike Myers is Canadian.
You get hyper focus in these situations. It's difficult to explain but you almost can't hear or feel anything. You always hear people call it "time slowed down" but the "cold" part is there too.
@@6mtzhp55 yep the bs about heart rate and adrenaline and shaking comes AFTERWARDS. The morons who bring that up act like it happens in the moment. No, you are cold, emotionless, calculated and on autopilot almost like a robot. At least that's my experience.
@@jmh1101it can be different for everybody, but I agree with you for most people, especially more with men. I know in most situations the emotion and other fallout happens much later for me.
Sure but it's scary as shit that one's life basically depend on what person he randomly gets assigned to decide on his fate, and it's not letter of law or justice deciding on it but single person's convictions or willingness to screw over others for his own career. Russian roulette disguised as law
Even if you're not involved in a shooting, never talk to cops. They aren't trying to help you when they ask "what happened", and even if you're being honest/trying to help, you can end up in jail or worse.
They have to show up to a chaotic scene and try to piece together what happened based on the physical evidence present, as well as the stories told to them by either side, which most times they're going to tell their side of the story with some details that may be modified to make themselves sound good. That's why nowadays if there isn't video, nobody believes anyone and it's understandable.
Very true. Also keep in mind that you are the shooter and presumptively the bad guy. If they arrest you there is nothing that you can say to them that will make them think, yup, we need to let this guy go. In my case my attorney advised me “make no statements and admit to nothing”. The only thing I did say was that I was attacked by four men but wasn’t sure if it was three or four and at the time wondered if there was anything that I had done to provoke this situation in any way or did I do something wrong? Even not saying anything about a shooting in any way shape or form, and admitting to nothing, the state made up a story via a law enforcement witness that claimed I admitted to everything so its scary to me about what the state did when I made no statement as what they would have made up or twisted around if I did say anything. I was told basically “first do not harm” and anything you say can be used against you and if you say nothing you at least do no harm irregardless of anything the state does or does not do.
I will say that the detectives ruled it a self defense shooting. The DA is who was crooked and this has happened MULTIPLE times just recently ESPECIALLY when race or something that ties into it was involved. Kyle Rittenhouse should have been easy AF to figure out with all the video but Leftist DA wanted his high profile case even though he knows the law and should be ashamed. Same thing with that guy in Houston. Detectives said it was self defense but the DA made it political. These fucking DA's are politicians and they don't care what the law is and they certainly don't care what really happened.
If you’re not involved in the shooting, and there’s an active threat, and you decide not to give them information? They lose precious minutes searching, and people lose their lives because you were afraid of giving a statement.
I fear the prosecutor more than the assailant. It’s insane that we are obligated to be victims of either a criminal or the “justice system”. Do you think if you had a lawyer on retainer this would have gone any differently?
@@dennisdavid9588 I can tell you no it wouldn’t have. My son in 2017 ,a 39 year old teacher for 17 years. Was walking down the street in our good town on a summer evening. He was approached by a wanna be cop. He felt threatened and started to run. My son 150 lbs. the attacker 325. They attacker was on top of him beating him. Thinking he was being looked for by the police dept. he wasn’t. The attacker had all the police bells and whistles on his car and a lap top tuned to our vill police dept. They both had conceal carry . The 325 cop wanna be said he thought he hit him with his car and wanted to see if he was all right. My son ran. He told police he had chased the suspect.The 325 lb guy went to shoot my son and accidentally discharged his magazine on the ground. My son shot him 6 times point black range and the guy finally stopped beating him. My son was charged with 6 counts attempted murder. The punk got his gun back two weeks later. My son finally after 7 years waiting for a trail. Losing everything in his life his teaching career, teaching license, his home, his friends,church, . The papers reported lies. The judge and state’s attorney wasn’t going to let it go to trial because I believe my sons name is Rodriguez.To make matters worse my sons homeowners insurance paid the attacker 300,000$ .No attorney will take this case . My son can’t get back his gun that saved his life.yes after 25 minutes my son not guilty it was clear self defense.
Almost got in a road rage incident too, hooted at a guy for ignoring the yield at a circle, he didn’t find that amusing, turned around and chased me down throwing brights and hooting, i slowed down pulled a bit to the side to let him pass but he just stood beside me and I then opened my window, cause he wanted to talk, his ego was fragile and wanted me to stop so we can sort it out, saying that he wants to assault me, i told him he doesn’t want to do that, then he started yanking his steering wheel to intimidate me, i accelerated away but stuck to the speed limit, he drove like half an inch behind me and i just chilled, then we came to the next traffic circle and he shot over it while i was in it and slammed on the brakes to block me in, luckily i could go right to escape. Thought me a valuable lesson to not get involved with anyone on the street because you have some unstable people willing to risk lives over insignificant things.
Happy you maintained control and good driving brother. Too many unstable people on the road and out and about in general these days not worth engaging unless you really have no choice . Stay well and safe
It doesn't pay to even honk these days, you never know what you'll set off, it's better for your blood pressure as well to just let idiots be idiots, they'll most likely win a major award for it one day🤦
A lady I know was killed in a head on collision on the interstate. The driver of the other vehicle was a Houston firefighter. The news stories lamented his death, saying what a loss he was, all these great things about him, and barely mentioned her. Couple days later everyone learned that Jason Hamilton (the 2017 version) was trying to commit suicide when he lost control of his truck and struck oncoming traffic.
It's shitty. Had a meth head who probably hadn't slept in a week lose his shit on me and ram my truck with his twice, then boxed me in and got out. I had my three year old and wife in my truck. I was worried by how he was acting out that he would come out blazing bullets. My pistol was in my hand out of sight and I stepped out and stood behind my door. I have had a life time of training, so the best thing I knew to do was calm him down and not escalate. He luckily appeared unarmed, I was gonna run away from my truck if he was armed as for my family to not be in the line of fire. I was thinking quickly and trying not to make a bad decision.. I told him to please relax, I have a kid in the car. Luckily, he did and jumped back in his truck. I had called 911 and gave the license plate already. Sheriff showed up to meet me and was super cool, but it wasn't his jurisdiction and I got two young city police officers who didn't care at all, they made it sound like he only committed a minor misdemeanor hit n run. I said he used a deadly weapon with force, they didn't want to do anything.. Never heard anything of it to this day. Stay safe out there folks, and always remain calm so u get to sleep in your own bed again.
20:33 love the hit piece that automatically assumes that you were the bad guy, when you were obviously the victim lol ...simply coz you 'won' the altercation. Gotta love that unbiased US media.
@@spectre6682you have blood on your hands and you and your family are in danger now for your fault. You have blood on your hands and over your head. Careful with your kids dude you are marked as murderer. Cursings are headed your way. You act like you did nothing wrong. You have blood on over your head. Cursings you murderer.
@@spectre6682 you are crap dude. You are not a good citizen. No respect for murders like you. You are cursed and you have a mark on your head. Careful with your kids
I spent two months in jail this past year for having brandished my legal firearm after an SUV tried 3 times to run me off the road then chased me down over a mile into a parking lot. I was stopped at this point and he comes in hot looking like he was going to run into me. At this point i pull firearm drom my hip holster and make it very clear to leave me the fuck alone. He rips a u turn and peels out screaming. I park and am trying to collect myself when LE comes flying in. I had zero doubt my actions weren't justified and was grateful i was carrying. I explained what happened to cops that i legitimately fearing for my life facing an SUV that attempted multiple times to make me fall, which I had on gopro and showed them. 10 minutes later I'm at the station getting booked. Next morning in court given $150,000 cash only bail released only infront of judge. By 11 am I'm in browns getting to know my new room mates at county jail. Had thanksgiving and Christmas there, got covid for the first time rescheduling court date by 10 days. Cost $30k in court and lawyer fees, and am on probation for two years with 3 felonies if I get in any kind legal trouble. I had never been arrested before... Craziest shit ever.
I was involved in a shooting. I was a bounty hunter and suspect pulled a gun and i shot him. Police showed up, asked me what happened. I had my partner as a witness. Police said he was going to place me under arrest (rookie of four months). I told him to call his LT as he was about to make a big mistake. Lt showed up, reviewed situation with officer and told him he had no pc to arrest me. End of story.
@@spectre6682 The constitution has been so perverted in the last 50 years it's almost unrecognizable any more. It's a punch line for political gain and that's about it.
Don't talk to the police (w/o an attorney): Best advice ever. I had a "life event" many years ago and didn't know any better. Thought the truth would set me free. Of boy was I wrong.
My attorney said to me that a shooting, no matter how justified is part legal and part political. He said the politics of it will land you doing hard time. Basically, keep my mouth shut and let him talk. I had a self defense situation in 2009. Wife and 4 kids were with me. Arrested, held for 3 days, released O.R. Took 9 month for prosecutor to say they weren’t charging me. The whole situation was so challenging and beyond stressful. If you have no choice then do what you have to do…if you can get out of the situation, do it before being forced to shoot someone. Our attacker got one shot to the chest, nicked his aorta but he luckily survived. I thought he died, found out he survived before I saw the judge. I wept. He thought I shot him three times because he had a hole in his chest, round exited out his side then lodged into his arm. Those rounds a funky things.
@@spectre6682 it’s good to hear your situation worked out. If a prosecutor wants to drag you through the system and destroy you they can do it, even if you are found not guilty. Take care.
Geez man, it sounds like you handled that terrible situation about as good as anybody could’ve handled it. I’ve been CCing for a while and thankfully haven’t had any issues. I’m always conscious of road issues and try to stay out of them. I used to have some road rage but it’s amazing what getting a CC permit will do for your patience and the intention never to instigate anything is always with me. It’s good that you defended yourself and your girlfriend from what was obviously an attack on you with intent to inflict death or serious bodily harm.
Thank you. Yeah some people make it difficult for no reason. But then again that's what separates the good guys from the bad guys; being able to control yourself and your emotions.
His outstanding response in this gun fight tell me this man been playing Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 4 for a very long time only seasoned players can perform that well in real life, long live BF-2 & 4 forever
@@88997799 You have it backwards, it's 5 of 3. ==>> (5/3)100=166.66 Only counting his shots, his best accuracy is 3/3. (If he missed one, it's now 2/3) So his 3/3 +2 freebies = 5/3
It’s called “neutral stimuli” in which “time stands still during stress”. The only thing your brain does is focus on the events at hand… no noise, no outside distractions… your mind literally goes into a muscle memory/autopilot mode. If you landed five hits in three round’s during neutral stimuli, whatever training you’re doing is precise, effective and accurate. I’ve been there a time or two myself. Be well 🇺🇸🙏🏼
Amazing story, and thank you for your service. One takeaway lesson from this is that an ignorant girlfriend will jam you up 10 out of 10 times. Some understand the violent situations better than others.
Am I wrong to say this was caused almost entirely because he chose to instigate a clearly enraged, mentally unstable person with insults? People talking about how the girlfriend put them in danger is like complaining about a dog trying to chase a squirrel. Not saying all women would react like that, but if you’re surprised by it, you aren’t a very smart person. Insulting someone while you have a woman in the car tells me you don’t value her life at all. Maybe I’m just an asshole, but I love the women in my life and they know I can handle myself in any realm of physical confrontation. A simple “my bad” is all it takes.
@@slurp3194 you don’t see a fragile ego because you would do the same thing. Do you realize that there are mentally ill, violent people in the world? People that can’t be reasoned with and only see binary choices for violence? If you understood that, truly, you wouldn’t be saying the things you are. But I wish you the best man, good luck out there.
@@slurp3194 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r1aDMJTUr3U.htmlsi=LI5xY2spla1NoiGV This explains it pretty well. When you choose to engage in antisocial behavior (yelling, cursing someone out) you have made a choice to escalate. How hard is it to say “my bad” and go on about your day? How much do you value the lives of the people around you?
@@vitoratio2718 I'm always armed when I'm out in public. I always drive the speed limit and in a very courteous manner. When someone is road ragging around me I back off and let them go. It's always best to de-escalate. It's not worth the potential problems a self defense encounter would cause.
@@vitoratio2718 Words are just words and can't hurt anyone. The only reason you would criticize a victim is because you don't understand the mind of a criminal. There are road raging people that will get set off if you merely look at them, others may be enraged if you don't. It's not up to you to live in fear and walk on eggshells, it's on everyone to be an adult and control their emotions. You know what else would have changed the outcome of the situation? If the guy didn't aggressively get out of his car, and if he didn't brandish a weapon at the driver. Would you hold a rape victim responsible if they were wearing a skirt or a tight shirt? Probably not, but that's the level of reasoning you're using and it's a dangerous one. There's no point in living in a civil society if nobody is willing to be civil.
FL is famous for political self-defense prosecutions. Folks if you're the type person who likes to cause problems, threaten others, and play stupid games like road rage then take this warning. There are people like me, Spectre, and many others I know who absolutely will not tolerate it. People who've been trained, armed, and practiced for decades are no joke when deadly threats begin. Anyone picking fights with others rarely knows which flavor they're gonna get. You will win stupid prizes if you play enough stupid games in places like FL, TX, TN, and the South in general. You're safer in NYC or Chiraq if you act this way.
florida is a shithole I have lived here for 32 years and am trying to get out. It is not a "red" state we have the 5th worst gun laws in the country its a "purple" state if anything
By far, this is one of the very best videos of what actually happens in a self defense shooting. I teach firearms self defense and am adding this to my curriculum. Stupid people being stupid and lawyers being lawyers. Thank you for sharing your story.
I had an incident in May of 2023 with 3 individuals breaking into my home as I drove into my driveway. Two were armed. The only reason I was not injured was that I had my pistol in my hand, and they did not . Sorry you had to go through all the leagal stress and expense. That type of DA has DESTROYED our country.
People have such a strong opinion from hearing one side of the situation, no police reports, not the other side, nothing. But having such a strong opinion. That definitely exemplifies current day America.i
… by the way, I wonder how many people in this comment section consistently get upset at people charged with gun crimes that are released on bail bond for a low amount. The same people would be upset if the guy in this video stayed in jail on a high bail bond them out, but would be upset if someone else got out of jail on a low amount. Our perception and 20/20 hindsight is an extreme bias. Since we don’t have A crystal ball we just have to have a system that works the best possible way for the most amount of people. But that won’t stop the majority of people sing any story on the news from emotionally being upset based on what they know after the fact or based on what they think at the time, regardless of whether the evidence is there or not.k
@@eugeniustheodidactus8890 True , unless they assault you. Two of the three in my case were armed. One of the individuals had already made entry to my house.
Ya talk about remembering things after a period of time. I was accidentally shot with a .22 target pistol when I was ten years old. The bullet hit me in the left cheek and exited out the right side of my neck below my ear. After several days in the hospital, I was interviewed by a cop while i was still recovering. I thought that I was hit from the right. My father corrected me and said the wound on my right was the exit wound. I remember the cop asking my father if he had seen exit wounds before. My father told him he had seen many. My father was still 12 when Hitler invaded the Netherlands on May 10th, 1940. But when I had time to think about it, I remember taking the binoculars from Danny O'Brien and spinning to look south, then spinning counterclockwise to look north. When I was saying WOW! Danny was on my left. I felt the bullet hit my left cheek, and I spun clockwise as I started falling to the ground. As I did, I remember seeing a dark stream of blood following the bullet out of my neck. I have never remembered hearing the gun go off.
This story is even more relevant today. Glad you are OK. I was shot 3 times in 06 with a 5.56. Did not have a weapon on me... Subscribed. Thanks for sharing, bud.
🤦♂️ Wow. People have such a strong opinion from hearing one side of the situation, no police reports, not the other side, nothing. But having such a strong opinion. That definitely exemplifies current day America.e
… by the way, I wonder how many people in this comment section consistently get upset at people charged with gun crimes that are released on bail bond for a low amount. The same people would be upset if the guy in this video stayed in jail on a high bail bond them out, but would be upset if someone else got out of jail on a low amount. Our perception and 20/20 hindsight is an extreme bias. Since we don’t have A crystal ball we just have to have a system that works the best possible way for the most amount of people. But that won’t stop the majority of people sing any story on the news from emotionally being upset based on what they know after the fact or based on what they think at the time, regardless of whether the evidence is there or not.
Wow, unbelievable I am sorry you had to go through that but I’m sure as hell glad you’re alive. I hope no one ever forces your hand like this again.thank you for your service.
