Fellas of SW, how often do you think about having to physically fight someone?

Last month I had to kick out a homeless guy skulking around my driveway, tense words were exchanged, and almost every day since then I've been anticipating having him come back to try his luck again.

I'm well armed and have a dog that would gladly rip apart my enemies, but I just don't want to deal with the legal consequences of a system that seems to disproportionately protect the criminals. There is the concept of using "reasonable force" to remove or restrain somebody, and since learning of that I've been imagining the different ways I could handle him should he return.

Seems unhealthy to obsess over it, but I also feel like it kinda goes with the territory of being a guy. Seems like you always gotta be ready to put a threat down before it can hurt those that can't protect themselves as well

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ChiefJustWalks · 26-30

I've been in that same situation before. When I was 20 I found a homeless dude drinking in my driveway & I calmly asked him why he was there. He said he knew my brother (who was 14) so I went & asked my brother & he said he'd never seen him before. Things got heated & I wanted to fight him but I simply made him leave. Never saw him again. Fighting wouldn't have even been worth it honestly because he didn't hurt anyone.. he was just a weirdo.

Another time, I was friends with this guy who was homeless. He came to my house & I let him in because at a time when I was homeless.. he let me in. But after I caught him smoking meth in my living room I got pissed & kicked him out. I felt bad because he had nowhere to go but I was also like "who tf just goes & smokes meth in somebody else's house?"
A week later he was found dead in the alleyway behind my house. Which made me feel a little worse even though I knew I couldn't save the guy anyway.. but I still felt bad for kicking him out. It's complicated.

Long story short, it's better to just let it go. Poor guy has probably been through a lot & he's not in his right mind like he used to be.. but he was once a regular person too