Knyte's anger in this thread amuses me.
I feel it's warranted.
So let's say our friend Ruthless is out one night and some bozo accidentally scuffs his $200 Adidas shoes. Most people would let it go, but oh no Ruthless doesn't have to, because he's armed! He yanks out his two XDs and starts to blastin', killing the "thug" and saving the day, then all the girls in the club swoon him and a 6 person orgy ensues.
At least that's how things play out in Ruthless' mind.
Here's the reality...
Ruthless gets his Adidas scuffed, calls the guy on it. The guy, not wanting to be labeled a pussy, stands up for himself. Ruthless eggs him on, knowing his armed and the other likely isn't. Bozo eventually pushes Ruthless, which Ruthless justifies in his tiny brain as grounds for lethal force, and yanks one of his XDs, pointing it at the guy (in standard sideways "gangsta" fashion). Now the guy can do two things:
1) Stand up for himself so isn't labeled a pussy.
2) walk away.
For the sake of interesting arguement we'll say he chooses option 1. He pushes Ruthless and in the back of Ruthless' macho brain he sees that as justification to use deadly force. He yanks out one of his XDs and points it at Bozo, of course holding it in standard side-ways gangsta fashion. Uh oh Ruthless, you've just commited "simple threat" at best, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at worst. Now Bozo has been watching a lot of Chuck Norris movies lately, and rushes Ruthless, so Ruthles fires, killing Bozo. Moments later Ruthless is shaking on the floor like a scared kitten as the adrenaline starts thin out of his blood, and the cops show up. Now is Ruthless is a good boy the cops cuff him and take him away, if not they either shoot him dead or him beat him senseless. So, again for the sake of arguement, Ruthless cooperates and goes to jail. Because of the "heightened circumstances" of the incident the judge is merciful and only gives Ruthless 5 years of hard prison time, but unfortunately Ruthless also loses every penny he's ever made in a civil suit brought on by Bozo's family. Ruthless days of impressing high school girls on his bullet bike are now over.