I have read all of penal code 35 and I believe I know the answer, but, of course, this is NYS.
Two days ago my girlfriend and I were visiting my parents in a urban town.
We were walking down a long road when we heard a loud truck coming behind us.
The Dodge truck was literally driving with its tires on the gravel on the side of the road.
He got about 50 feet from us and we had to get out of the way, he WOULD have hit us.
As hes going by, the guy yells something to the effect of, "I wasnt going to hit you".
I put my hand up like a holy crap kinda thing.
By this time he was turning left at a stop sign about 50 yards past us.
He slams the truck in reverse, squealing the tires.
He jumps out of the truck very, very angry and yells, "flick me off again and watch what happens, Ill fucking kill you!!"
I have my GF and our 15 pound Chihuahua mix dog with me, so instead of doing the natural thing like flicking him off, I just laughed.
He said, "watch your back motherfucker".
I, again, just laughed.
This guy was in his 20s and about 250 pounds....and not fat.
Im a 230 pound former Ranger but im 46 years old so it would be a seriously violent fight if need be.
The thing is, my GF and dog may not be able to get away if this guy decided to attack us. He was seriously road raged, and spitting mad for some reason.
I keep hearing people say that a bad guy must have a weapon to use deadly force in NYS. I cant find that in ANY law. Who knows what this guy would do to my family if he knocked me out.
I havent been in a fight in 25 years but I have no fear of a punk big mouth, but my GF and dogs are my life.
Now if this guy just ran at us, as angry as he was, what do I do?
I had my Shield 9mm but was hesitant to think about deadly force against an unarmed guy.
Before you answer, picture a 250 pound dude spitting mad, veins popping and beat red.
Two days ago my girlfriend and I were visiting my parents in a urban town.
We were walking down a long road when we heard a loud truck coming behind us.
The Dodge truck was literally driving with its tires on the gravel on the side of the road.
He got about 50 feet from us and we had to get out of the way, he WOULD have hit us.
As hes going by, the guy yells something to the effect of, "I wasnt going to hit you".
I put my hand up like a holy crap kinda thing.
By this time he was turning left at a stop sign about 50 yards past us.
He slams the truck in reverse, squealing the tires.
He jumps out of the truck very, very angry and yells, "flick me off again and watch what happens, Ill fucking kill you!!"
I have my GF and our 15 pound Chihuahua mix dog with me, so instead of doing the natural thing like flicking him off, I just laughed.
He said, "watch your back motherfucker".
I, again, just laughed.
This guy was in his 20s and about 250 pounds....and not fat.
Im a 230 pound former Ranger but im 46 years old so it would be a seriously violent fight if need be.
The thing is, my GF and dog may not be able to get away if this guy decided to attack us. He was seriously road raged, and spitting mad for some reason.
I keep hearing people say that a bad guy must have a weapon to use deadly force in NYS. I cant find that in ANY law. Who knows what this guy would do to my family if he knocked me out.
I havent been in a fight in 25 years but I have no fear of a punk big mouth, but my GF and dogs are my life.
Now if this guy just ran at us, as angry as he was, what do I do?
I had my Shield 9mm but was hesitant to think about deadly force against an unarmed guy.
Before you answer, picture a 250 pound dude spitting mad, veins popping and beat red.