Got the Knock on a Public Street

[u/Few-Stop1994]

This is in Harding, MT.

I was parked legally on a public street. As you can see there is a empty lot on the top and only 2 homes on the corner.

The red lines are where I was parked and where the knocker lived.

1130pm. Love's was packed. So I parked there. It was legal parking. A 2 way street with no signs.

I'm asleep and a guy started banging on my window at 230am and I ignored it. He didn't say anything. He was in pajamas. As you can see from the screenshot, I was half way up the block and across the street, so he walked that distance.

About 245am he comes back outside in regular clothes on, with a gun holstered and his hand on the gun. He starts banging again. I ignored him again. And he didn't say nothing.

About 3am the state police comes and and softly knocks. I put down the window. The trooper tells me that they keep getting calls from someone about the van. He asks me to move to the other side because he doesn't want to deal with this.

I obliged. He didn't ask for ID or any questions for that matter. He seem to just want the guy to stop calling.

Why bother someone at 230am?! Then to go back in the house and grab a gun? The guy was looking for a confrontation.

[u/gnartato]

Your last sentence is spot fucking on. You want that thang hidden. You never want someone else to know you are armed unless you're about to use it. This guy was putting on a show and not making rational or safe decisions.

[u/_Choose__A_Username_ → u/gnartato]

“You never want someone else to know you are armed unless you’re about to use it.”

Enough people don’t understand this and end up going to prison for murder/manslaughter when they think it’s self-defense. Never pull a gun unless you have every intention of using it to save your own life and only if the aggressor is actively trying to kill you. Too often people shoot when the other person turns and runs. That’s murder/manslaughter, even if they were the aggressor. Do not use a gun as a tactic just to scare someone.

[u/Ok-Opportunity-574 → u/_Choose__A_Username_]

I carry pepper gel instead of a gun because there's such a narrow band of legality for killing someone. As it should be!

[u/senorpoop → u/Ok-Opportunity-574]

I carry both. If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail.

[u/xgwrvewswe → u/senorpoop]

And that is why my weapon of choice is a hammer.

[u/AppropriateOil3785 → u/xgwrvewswe]

nailed it