This thing about unarmed fight being somehow “sporty” and “without serious consequences” is possibly one of the biggest load of crap ever. Your opponent may not have a ‘weapon’ as conventionally perceived, but there is something around that can be used.
I was never a hand to hand fighter when young and at my age and condition now, it would be suicide for me to engage in that kind of altercation. Avoidance, Deterrence & De_escalation are my guiding principles.
Your number one philosophy for personal security should be a life long commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
Avoidance: The act of avoiding or keeping away from (Three Stupid Rule.) If you can safely retreat from the encounter, by all means do so. For instance, if you are out for a walk and feel threatened or intimidated by an occupant of a car, you should retreat in the opposite direction that the car is traveling.
Deterrence: The act of discouraging someone from taking hostile action against you by being aware of them and their possible intent.
De-escalation: The act of decreasing in intensity. To not let your ego or emotions get the best of you, to refrain from escalating the problem into more than it already is. As a CCW you may need to back down from non-life threatening, argumentative encounters in order to not allow things to spiral out of control.
When these things do not work, then and only then may you need to show or use the gun. Just because we are carrying does not mean that we need to use the gun. You want to do whatever is reasonably possible to avoid using the gun. But when your well researched, well thought out “line in the sand” has been crossed you need to act without hesitation.
And that is why we carry.
That last stomp to the head where the guy on the ground stopped moving was potentially fatal. The stomp bounced his skull off a concrete pavement. That is enough to fracture the skull. He stopped moving indicating that he lost conscience, a guaranteed indicator of a concussion and possibly a brain bleed. The guy on the ground needs to go to the hospital, get a head x-ray, possibly an MRI, and be put under observation for the next 24 hours.
Head trauma kills. Just because the other guy doesn’t have a weapon, doesn’t mean he can’t end you.
at the point the guy on the ground was no longer defending himself and was being hit repeatedly on the head opens the window for the use of deadly force to stop him and prevent grave bodily harm/crippling injury to the unconscious victim.
The headstomp of someone on the ground, at any time, is deadly force by the assault-er/combatant which greenlights the scaling of self defense force to deadly force to stop the attack.
Lack of Situational Awareness is by far my biggest beef!
Be alert!
America needs more lerts…
This is one reason I don’t go to certain areas. Why go looking for trouble. That shit finds me just fine without my help.
We have a apartment complex in our delivery area that the boss refuses to deliver too. After 3 robberies he decided the drivers were worth more than a 16 dollar pizza. Every now and then someone calls from there and they get all butt hurt because we won’t deliver. Some of the neighborhoods around there are kind of hinky, this is why I carry (with the bosses knowledge and blessing).