Monday, August 10, 2020

Dog Park Altercation. What would you do?


So long story short, over the weekend the wife and I were at the dog park with the pup. Typically I carry here (usually everywhere these days) with, not necessarily the intention of defending myself, but making sure my little dude doesn't get mauled by a pitbull or something. While not a common "thing" you do read stories about it and there have been issues in the past at this park and a few in the area.So this weekend right as we're entering a lady was leaving the gate with her dog in her arms yelling back at another guy and his wife. I guess the guys dog was getting aggressive and nipped the one who left and was getting aggressive with others in the pen. Was a pretty heated shouting match with the older ladies vs the guy inside. We go in, kinda go off to the side and let our little dope sniff around and do his thing while trying to ignore the drama. We live in a higher end area down here in SWFL and the dog park is full of Karens who invent rules and are generally just annoying. With that in mind, I'm not really paying attention to the argument until the wife tells me to do something. The guy was very heated and animated telling a couple 60+ year old ladies to make him leave and he started walking up towards them. He's in his 40s maybe, little bit older than me. He shrugged off his wife who said fuck this and was headed off out of the park. Being the only other guy in the pen, my wife I guess feels I should go up there and break it up. So I get off the little bench and walk a little ways up there and just say "hey asshole, just get the fuck out of here before this gets worse". So I'm definitely taller and larger than the guy, maybe he thinks well the old ladies can't make me leave, but this guy could. He thinks about it and then leaves while the 2 ladies badger him out the gate. No harm, just hurt feelings.The situation kinda rubbed me the wrong way a bit. I'm not sure I should have gotten involved, especially anymore than I was. Being a CCW holder and carrying I'm not really supposed to insert myself into a situation that could turn hostile, or that's how I interpet it anyway if things aren't life or limb. Being Florida, it's a high likelyhood that other guy might have been carrying. At the point where I stepped in it was verbal. Does inserting myself into the fray just escalate things? It was ok this time....but next? Top post of the sub right now is "A CCW does not deputize you", which is kinda what I'd like to avoid. I'm not the dog park bouncer.Anyway just a few thoughts and how would everyone else react? via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/2DD96Rb

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