I'm pretty sure he meant URUS as in Lamborghini. If that's the case it's well worth protecting.
My "bat" sits in a BMore Tactical IWB holster at the 4 o'clock position. A baseball bat is still considered "deadly force". Potential prosecutors (in the climate in which we live) are actually more likely to prosecute for defending yourself with a bat than if you took training classes, got a carry permit, and carry a mainstream carry gun (glock, s&w, sig, springfield, taurus, etc...) all bets are off if you carry a 50 car desert eagle or 44 mag, though. Demonstrating a reasonable and responsible attitude (obtaining training & license) prior to any event that could warrant use of force looks much better for you.
But it IS "assault with a deadly weapon". Often wanna be tough guys will still come at a person armed with a bat or knife. But merely lifting your shirt so your would be attacker sees your gun is enough to avoid the confrontation entirely. Only a truly crazy person or someone out of their mind on drugs will attack someone with a gun. And if that is what I'm dealing with, its Glock>Louisville Slugger. I've actually prevented 4 vs 1 (my intervention made it a 4 vs 2) assault/attempted homicide by merely showing my gun. One guy was about to get hospitalized or killed by a group of guys that had him on the ground & then picked up bricks. They shrugged off verbal warnings to stop & pit down the bricks. But like they say... body language is everything. Once they saw my still-holstered Beretta, they ran.
Went out for a drink and had the top and doors off. Sat where I could keep an eye on my Jeep.
Millenial kid came along and started hanging around my Jeep, then leaning on it and sitting on it like it was his as he engaged passers by in conversation.
So I set off my car alarm.
This story sounds a bit... fabricated. Boomers like to exaggerate their dominance over millenials and it's a little weird. Especially when they want to pretend like a millenial would be so envious over a Sport.
Man, pardon my saying so, but to me that's crazy. I'm not flashing my gat at anybody. I'm shouting a warning, and if they don't comply, then I'm drawing my gun. I don't draw my gun unless I'm going to fire it. I've never cleared leather once, and I pray I never have to, but to me flashing that gun increases my chances that I would have to draw, not reduces them. YMMV.
Riiiiight, I'm the snowflake making up fantasies about kids envying your Sport.
It actually makes sense for most situations. Diffusing a threat without having to engage is easy. And it's not intimidation - it's information sharing. If you had the information that someone you're attacking has the means to defend themselves, would you attack that person?
And depending on your local political climate, that benign action can be construed as intimidation, brandishing (although I don't think it would, but I'm not a lawyer) or threatening... when being threatened by a criminal. I've read too many stories where the aggressor ends up the victim. So stupid. Let me clarify this sidetrack - when I see a gun on someone, or a friend/acquaintance, I do not feel threatened.
That's actually not a bad point. I work in Health/Safety as well, so you're definitely speaking my language.
