Ooooee! Right up there with that 100 watt Federal PA system.

I loved those things, you could stuff the mic right up to your mouth so that all anyone could here outside is a bunch of jabber, with a few expeletives well enunciated. Kinda like Paw bear from the hillbilly bears Hanna/Barbera cartoon series, or maybe the instructor doofas from "Police Academy".

I have been instructing in law enforcement/corrections for the last couple of decades and this mental effort is a common technique and I've used it (training it as a tool) for several different groups. Rookies get taught to think ahead and create several 'visions' about the traffic stop they are about to make - what will the driver's reaction be and if it is A, I will do this and if B I will respond that way... etc. You get the idea. It's a very valid training/learning technique and strongly recommended for new and long-term use.

The chance to start treating everything as 'normal' is reduced by thinking this way and does give you a valuable edge in responding well in unexpected situations. It also really helps those long meetings go by too!

Paul -

I love that bear!!

Katie, here are a couple of articles about the Harold Fish case. Benjamin, of course this Fish case isn't the same as your statement. I was just a little shocked to hear of hands on a gun when someone pulls in front of another (most likely from not paying attention to their rear view mirror). Road rage killings seem too frequent in Dallas and other places, most/all of which are preventable by not carrying guns or reaching for a gun too fast when road rage wells up in a person.

http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/localnews/story/15361

http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/localnews/story/23977

I too have frequently wished I had purchased the missile launcher option for most of my vehicles! Too bad none of the stock vehicles tend to offer that option!! Then again perhaps the invisible disintegrating ray might produce less collateral damage to innocent bystanders!!

Yes, which is why I make the distinction between having the gun in my hand vs. pointing it at him. Mr. Clown would've had no way of knowing I had armed myself, nor would anyone else around us. Had he escalated the matter I would've been at the ready. As it was, as with all such incidents I've found myself in stateside, nothing more came of it, other than a few gestures and parting of ways. Nonetheless, I will continue my MO and plan for the worst, whenever I am smart enough to actually bring a weapon along with me, that is.

My first mistake is of course in not practicing what I preach. I should always remember to bring my pistol with me, and this episode just reinforces that. Sometimes I think I may never learn.

Silly, that's what the microwave emitter is... The magnetron used in modern microwaves is capable of far greater output than a mere 1,000 watts. Any idea what a 10,000 focused beam can do to a person 25 yards away in less than 30 seconds? heh heh heh...