Why is confrontation always their first instinct?
Because they have no fathers to teach them self control. They only have other hood rats who also have no self control as examples.
Because they aren’t capable of reasoning. Because they have no common sense. Everything is RIGHT NOW. They cannot think past NOW, to come to a logical conclusion. Because they don’t look toward the future. Hell they don’t say where do you “live”. They say where do you “stay”. Like you’re spending a few days here then a few days somewhere else.
It’s all temporary. Their past, their present and their future.
Unfortunately, I have been in situations similar to this.
No gun, but vehicles driven at high speeds, with people that do not care about the rules of the road.