I want to start and say I know this probably isn’t the best place for my post. I need advice/encouraging words desperately. A month or so ago, I pulled out a fire arm on a meth head junky in a superstore. I tried to get some funny videos of him tweaking tf out hard and was successful . He noticed at one point, and in a slur of words told me to stop and get lost. I did so without a problem. I’m checking out at the self checkout, when I hear someone running up to me from behind. I was in the middle of warning a store employee about this man, because I thought he could hurt someone he was so deranged . The store employee said “ yea we have been watching him for an hour at least” . Anyways, I turn around and meth head is yelling at me and threatening me. He appeared to have a knife in his right hand , and his other hand was tucked in his jacket pocket. He approached more and that was when I realized I needed to act. I pulled out a firearm( lifetime conceal carry permit holder) as a way to end our interaction. I broke the law by not retreating first. Which is fucking retarded because I could have been stabbed in the back. I thought turning my back to him again and fleeing wouldn’t be a good thing considering he approached me from behind. What would/could have happened if I didn’t pay attention to my surroundings ? I don’t like to think about it.

The police are trying to charge me with a felony . Can you imagine going after someone who was trying to defend himself, but didn’t run away first? I have never been arrested, I’ve never been pulled over, am set to graduate in December of this year, and already have a job in my field (finance) . This is going to ruin my chances of employment when I graduate. Can anyone offer any words of advice, no matter how small ? I promise you it will help no matter how small it may seem to you. Fuck society. I can’t help but wonder if a woman would even be charged yet alone investigated for this fucking bullshit. FUCK