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Road rage leads to violence
« on: July 14, 2015, 04:25:30 PM »
Kudos to the motorcyclist.
I don't think I would have kept it together so well.

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2015, 05:07:29 PM »
What a dip sh1t..!!, that guy did well not to blow a fuse, especially after the moron attacked his girl...... :o  I don't think I would have been as composed....
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2015, 05:36:28 PM »
He would have gone to the hospital if it were me.
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2015, 05:38:16 PM »
I'd have a piece of advice for that cage driver...don't bring a fist to a gun fight...after he punched, I would've unholstered my .45 and taken care of business...

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2015, 06:57:29 PM »
I'd have a piece of advice for that cage driver...don't bring a fist to a gun fight...after he punched, I would've unholstered my .45 and taken care of business...

Your my hero.... ::), whilst I would have smacked him in the mouth, no one deserves to be killed for something like that, I suggest growing some balls and dealing with sh1t like a man, everyone's a fcuking hero with a gun...
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2015, 07:03:53 PM »
You'd have shot him just for that?
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2015, 07:29:44 PM »
I'd have a piece of advice for that cage driver...don't bring a fist to a gun fight...after he punched, I would've unholstered my .45 and taken care of business...

Your my hero.... ::), whilst I would have smacked him in the mouth, no one deserves to be killed for something like that, I suggest growing some balls and dealing with sh1t like a man, everyone's a fcuking hero with a gun...

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2015, 08:33:03 PM »
I'd have a piece of advice for that cage driver...don't bring a fist to a gun fight...after he punched, I would've unholstered my .45 and taken care of business...

The rider handled it better than I would have. I would have head butted him with my helmet. It is a nice fantasy to think you can whip out a piece and gun someone down. The reality is you would be charged with manslaughter at the least and have a pile of lawyer bills to pay even of you got off.

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2015, 09:43:38 PM »
Damn...I think I'd be picking his teeth outta the top of my helmet.
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2015, 10:38:25 PM »
It sounds like the "rage" was due to the bike splitting lanes? I've only done it once at about 15MPH, in stop and go traffic on a CA freeway. A tow-truck ahead of me saw me coming, and edged over, blocking me, which pissed me off. >:( Oops, wrong thread. Punching a guy in a full face helmet is kind of funny, when you think about it. Probably hurt the dude's hand more than the guy he hit. ???
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2015, 11:37:14 PM »
I've been splittin lanes for 40 years and never had some azz do that
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2015, 06:37:47 AM »
Yet another argument in favor of the full face helmet. ;D
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« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2015, 06:47:52 AM »
If you think shooting someone under these circumstances is okay, perhaps you are not stable enough to be carrying one.
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2015, 07:05:17 AM »
I'd have a piece of advice for that cage driver...don't bring a fist to a gun fight...after he punched, I would've unholstered my .45 and taken care of business...

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2015, 07:50:44 AM »
What an #$%*s +1 for the camera.  There is no need for a gun, you can get in trouble fast even in pushing, all it takes is for somebody to fall bad.

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2015, 09:02:53 AM »
You can definitely tell when that guy on the ground realizes how bad he's just fuqked up :)

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2015, 09:55:47 AM »
RR, Bear, me too and I don't know if I would have let dingbat off, if it had been my wife he punched the first sound would have been the bike hitting the ground the next would have been the growl of exertion while I tried to tear the SOB apart, you see socal shooting the #$%* would have taken all the fun out of it.
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #17 on: July 15, 2015, 11:16:42 AM »
You can definitely tell when that guy on the ground realizes how bad he's just fuqked up :)

Makes me wonder if he was high on something at the time of confrontation and a surge of adrenalin as a result of the struggle brought him back to reality. Funny looking eyes.
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2015, 11:55:57 AM »
You can definitely tell when that guy on the ground realizes how bad he's just fuqked up :)

Makes me wonder if he was high on something at the time of confrontation and a surge of adrenalin as a result of the struggle brought him back to reality. Funny looking eyes.

I thought the cager was not right in the head. You can tell from his eyes.  Kudos to the rider being cool.  Like many here, I would have lost my cool , too.





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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #19 on: July 15, 2015, 12:10:24 PM »
You can definitely tell when that guy on the ground realizes how bad he's just fuqked up :)

Especially when then the biker tells him he has everything on video!!

Big Kudos to the biker for remaining EXTREMELY cool headed.  Most people would have given the driver a smack down.  Perhaps knowing that he was filming (and was in the right) kept him calm.

I am still surprised that socal1200r thinks it's within his rights to unholster his .45 cal and take care of business.  Presuming that he means shooting the driver, that would constitute an unlawful homicide -- there is nothing indicating any threat of death of great bodily harm.  In Florida or Texas, that would get socal1200r the death penalty.  I suppose that sort of mentality is shared by guys like George Zimmerman, who after being acquitted in the Martin shooting has been arrested 3 times for threating people with guns.   socal1200r should rename his handle to something less SoCal, like Go Ahead, Make My Day!
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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2015, 12:46:55 PM »
You'd have shot him just for that?

Lol, I knew that response would get a rise from our anti-gun members.  That cage driver was clearly out of line, assaulting both people on the motorcycle.  Did you notice how dilated his pupils were, in broad daylight?  That guy was either on something, or was really in a rage.  Did I say I would've shot him?  No.  But I would imagine having a .45 pointed at your face would've calmed him down in a heartbeat until the cops got there.  You anti-gun nuts need to calm the fcuk down.  Don't be hatin' just because your country doesn't have a Second Amendment, get over it! 

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« Reply #21 on: July 15, 2015, 01:04:14 PM »
You'd have shot him just for that?

Lol, I knew that response would get a rise from our anti-gun members.  That cage driver was clearly out of line, assaulting both people on the motorcycle.  Did you notice how dilated his pupils were, in broad daylight?  That guy was either on something, or was really in a rage.  Did I say I would've shot him?  No.  But I would imagine having a .45 pointed at your face would've calmed him down in a heartbeat until the cops got there.  You anti-gun nuts need to calm the fcuk down.  Don't be hatin' just because your country doesn't have a Second Amendment, get over it! 

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I actually do own firearms, so I wouldn't consider myself an anti-gun nut.  As you pointed out, the driver appeared to "either on something, or was really in a rage" -- and, therefore, not rational.  Pointing a firearm at a deranged person will not necessarily "calm them down in a heartbeat."  Have you confronted violent, deranged or high people at gunpoint to know the efficacy of using the gun?  It is more likely that they will do something even more stupid because they are not thinking rationally. 

Since the guy gave the girl a shove and threw a punch at the guy (and I might even say a weak-ass one at that AT A HELMET), there was never a threat of great bodily harm.  You would not likely be justified in threatening deadly force under those circumstances.  Using a gun in that situation is inappropriately heavy handed, and a pu$$y move.

If a high school teen gets into a schoolyard fight, is he justified in pulling a loaded gun and threatening to kill the other kid??  Hell no!  This biker had his head screwed on straight and subdued the driver.  I think many would have given the driver an a$$-kicking and still remain in the right.

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Re: Road rage leads to violence
« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2015, 01:06:36 PM »
And people like you are the type that give law abiding citizens a bad name. So you are telling me you would whoop out your gun and do what? Aim it at his face? Wave it around because you can't fight a legitimate fight?

You are the worst type of gun owner out there, sir. You probably are one of those boobs that took your M4 to Chipotle to show everyone how 'free' you are.
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« Reply #23 on: July 15, 2015, 01:13:31 PM »
You'd have shot him just for that?

Did you notice how dilated his pupils were, in broad daylight?  That guy was either on something, or was really in a rage.  Did I say I would've shot him?  No.  But I would imagine having a .45 pointed at your face would've calmed him down in a heartbeat until the cops got there. 

I don't think that is necessarily the case. I believe the introduction of a .45 in a situation like this could have made things a lot worse. I honestly can't recall a situation that was satisfactorily resolved by the use of firearms. They are, IMHO, the last resort, usually when extreme prejudice is intended.

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« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2015, 01:48:03 PM »
You'd have shot him just for that?

Did you notice how dilated his pupils were, in broad daylight?  That guy was either on something, or was really in a rage.  Did I say I would've shot him?  No.  But I would imagine having a .45 pointed at your face would've calmed him down in a heartbeat until the cops got there. 

I don't think that is necessarily the case. I believe the introduction of a .45 in a situation like this could have made things a lot worse. I honestly can't recall a situation that was satisfactorily resolved by the use of firearms. They are, IMHO, the last resort, usually when extreme prejudice is intended.

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Well I do.  Friend of mine presented his Glock and avoided car jack at a gas station.  He is 80 or so guy, without having gun he would loose his truck.

But you are right, keeping your cool and trying to get out of the situation without a fight or fire is the best way.

But say the cager would smack the girl hard enough to knock her down and she would get hurt, what than?
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