I unintentionally served as a bad example in a self-defense class, because in a street simulation, I wouldn’t change course when troublemakers headed my way.
A sucker punch or a knife, move much quicker than any concealed draw.
It’s up to you to be aware of your environment and avoid trouble.
If you’ve made one or two avoidance moves, and somebody is still headed your way, then, it’s time to fill your hand, BEFORE they get too close!
Thanks for the post.
When this subject comes up a lot of freepers, quite humanly, respond by asking how the thugs will enjoy bringing a fist to a gunfight.
The problem, as you point out, is that for you to shoot them first you would have to draw and fire before he starts his punch. When you don’t even really know he was going to throw a punch.
Which would mean you, a white man, would be arrested for shooting an unarmed black man who had made no move to attack you. Good luck beating that rap.
The only way to avoid this situation is to not come into range. Or possibly to draw your weapon and let them see it, which means of course they won’t come into range. But that is itself illegal.