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Went to a local costco today (not in vallejo) to do some shopping with my wife and 7 month old. While in traffic near the front entrance to costco I hear a loud bang on my car, loud enough to startle everyone and awake my baby. I see a guy pass right in front of our car with a young child. I'm thinking that the kid ran into my car or something, so i roll down the window and ask what happened and if everything is alright. The guy with the kid then turned around and yelled at me, stormed at my car, reached his hand in to unlock the door and entered my vehicle all while saying he was gonna start something and kick my ***.
While he was unlocking my car and having no escape route, I feared for the safety of me, my wife, and baby so drew my weapon from my pocket holster. As he entered into my vehicle to strike me he saw my gun and ran away. I was fractions of a second away from shooting him. I quickly parked and called 911. Of course when the officers responded, me and the wife were cuffed and stuffed. My baby left alone in a hot car crying at the top of her lungs. After clearing me, the wife, the car, and the weapon that i still had on me, we were released.
The man who entered my vehicle was found with his daughter and wife, he was also questioned. One of the officers said that he declined to press charges on me and that i was free to go and my weapon was in the car waiting for me. They said that i was in the right, he was wrong, all 4 responding officers said that they would have done the same thing and the guy was lucky i didn't kill him. I asked why he wasn't in trouble, they informed me that he wasn't the one with the gun and he was sorry about what he did. No police report will be filed, an incident report will be written and that is about it. The police officers kept reiterating that i was in the right, but if the other guy wanted to press charges i would be arrested and i should just continue on my day.
I've had people trespass on to my business property and they were held at gun point by me and were arrested and prosecuted. Why is this any different? To top it off, my cell phone was left on the roof of a car and when they drove off, it exploded on the pavement at about 40 mph as they took off. I know they are very busy, but it doesn't change the fact that the guy admitted to punching my car because he was having a bad day, abandoning his 6 year old child to confront me, unlocking then entering my vehicle while making threats. How is any of this not illegal? I'll avoid the city i went to, because if you choose to protect yourself, you will be cuffed and stuffed while the assailant stands by laughing at you and your wife. My wife of course supports everything that i did but feels like the police were being extrememly lazy. She also understands why they had to detain us for 30 minutes.
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While he was unlocking my car and having no escape route, I feared for the safety of me, my wife, and baby so drew my weapon from my pocket holster. As he entered into my vehicle to strike me he saw my gun and ran away. I was fractions of a second away from shooting him. I quickly parked and called 911. Of course when the officers responded, me and the wife were cuffed and stuffed. My baby left alone in a hot car crying at the top of her lungs. After clearing me, the wife, the car, and the weapon that i still had on me, we were released.
The man who entered my vehicle was found with his daughter and wife, he was also questioned. One of the officers said that he declined to press charges on me and that i was free to go and my weapon was in the car waiting for me. They said that i was in the right, he was wrong, all 4 responding officers said that they would have done the same thing and the guy was lucky i didn't kill him. I asked why he wasn't in trouble, they informed me that he wasn't the one with the gun and he was sorry about what he did. No police report will be filed, an incident report will be written and that is about it. The police officers kept reiterating that i was in the right, but if the other guy wanted to press charges i would be arrested and i should just continue on my day.
I've had people trespass on to my business property and they were held at gun point by me and were arrested and prosecuted. Why is this any different? To top it off, my cell phone was left on the roof of a car and when they drove off, it exploded on the pavement at about 40 mph as they took off. I know they are very busy, but it doesn't change the fact that the guy admitted to punching my car because he was having a bad day, abandoning his 6 year old child to confront me, unlocking then entering my vehicle while making threats. How is any of this not illegal? I'll avoid the city i went to, because if you choose to protect yourself, you will be cuffed and stuffed while the assailant stands by laughing at you and your wife. My wife of course supports everything that i did but feels like the police were being extrememly lazy. She also understands why they had to detain us for 30 minutes.
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