OK wait, the guy charges you twice with a knife and you never pepper spray him?  You go down an alley with no exits and the LEO's can't find a bum with a shopping cart.  BS meter is high on this.

I backed off each time he ran at me. When I pulled out the pepper spray the first time he ran at me he stopped and went back to the cart. I was never closer than 10' from the guy. I was certainly prepared to use it, but wanted to let the cops deal with the situation at that point.

Not too many no exit streets in Nimitz area.  Only one I can think of.  Hmmmm......

I didn't say street. I said alley. See link to google maps location below. The area I am talking about is a long pathway between a fenced in area and the highway. If you continue down it it goes under the bridge. Many homeless in the area live under the bridges.

This just happened to me last night. I work as a painter and have been doing night work at a local car dealership in Nimitz. I was waiting for access to the building at about 9:00pm. I noticed a local man walking out of the dealership parking lot with a cart of our equipment. I grabbed my tactical flashlight and pepper spray and confronted the individual. The man very quickly became confrontational and threatening. I asked him to leave the equipment. He then pulled out a knife and ran at me. I pulled out my pepper spray and pointed the flashlight at him. He went back to the cart and kept going. As he kept walking away I called the police and kept following the man. He started down an unlit backstreet alley with no exits. He ran at me with the knife again threatening to kill me. I was reluctant to go down the alley as I don't know the area and didn't want to get cornered. I noticed a cop car come by and went over and told them what happened and where I saw him go. The cops couldn't find the guy or equipment.

I thought I would share the story, as I think it supports the case this site stands for. It would have been much more effective to confront the situation with a firearm rather than purely defensive weapons. Even a taser would have been more effective, unfortunately also not legal. I also don't think I would want to confront such an unstable person in some sort of knife fight.

Finally got through all the hoops at HPD. Now I need to find some time to get to the range.
Below is my new CZ 75b SS. Had a heck of a time tracking down the stainless steel model and finding someone that would do an FFL to Hawaii.
I ordered a new trigger with adjustable travel. Next I might change the sights.
After that I need to get some kind of rifle. I was thinking of a Sig 516.

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