Eaker checked in earlier, but I'd like to see what the others on your list think.
Cholera Joe was there....his decision, he was open carry, he didn't draw it an threaten, they just saw it and assumed.
Now that all said and the armed chair QB'n starting he could have flashed his open carry from where he was an just do "the look" and probably had the same results. If he felt "brave" to engage 10 drunks then IMHO he had a error in good judgement.
Bottom line I wasn't there , he was. I don't go armed where I wouldn't go unarmed these days but as we all know it is the CHL or open carry persons responsibility to descalate the situation if at all possible.......
That's my opinion only with respects to Joe who made the best decision he thought plausable at the time.....after thought is easy.
Stay safe ya'll and Thanks Joe for sharing this incident so we can all learn from it. Good or bad we learned something.