I appreciate your opinions and I assure you that if one of the others would have joined the fight they would have been shot. Also if I had scene any weapon on them at all I would have shot as soon as he came at me. This is not the first time I have fought more than one guy and I felt confident I could handle the situation without killing someone. Like I said I do understand your feelings/opinions but I made a call with the absence of a weapon on thier part not to kill someone that night. Most people aren't put in my position and its easy for everyone else to tell me what I "should have" done. As you can imagine I have relived that moment a thousand times. Also I have the security video from the store and I feel I did the right thing. The guy that came at me was 175 lbs and I am 225 lbs and an avid weightlifter and former wrestler. I sincerely felt like I could handle it. I totally understand where you guys are coming from and respect your comments as reasonable. I assure you I have no problem with shooting a scumbag robbing a store armed in any way. We all have to draw our lines I guess.
I'm calling BS on your side of this story! EVERYONE knows, and the media backs this up, that people that carry guns are blood-thirsty idiots that want to do nothing but wreak carnage!
Seriously though, thank you for giving your side of the story. It's nice to have the facts and hopefully, the punk will realize that from here on out, he is living on borrowed time, as it certainly sounds like it would have been justiifed for him to have been shout due to HIS actions. You sound like a very compassionate, level-headed person that certainly reflects well on those of us that choose to carry. God Bless and thankfully you did make it home safely that night!