The images you see at left and below are taken from the blog of a gentleman I met on February 20, 2009, in the parking lot outside my office.  The circumstances of our meeting are largely captured by the 911 recording (via Bluetooth EARPIECE) you can hear by turning up your speakers and refreshing this page.  I made the call to 911 as I approached to help someone I thought was having a seizure.  I did not realize the whole building was in lockdown due to this student from a university located upstairs.

You can hear him admitting insanity, then (abruptly rising to his feet) shouting "IF I SEE F***S ON THE STREET I'M GONNA KILL 'EM!"  I was the only one on the street, about 6 to 8 feet away when the large man uttered the word "kill" - one second later, my weapon was out (low ready, not pointed in), as I backed up and shouted "STOP RIGHT THERE! STOP RIGHT THERE!"  He kept coming toward me even as I withdrew, until I quit talking to 911 (threw down my phone) and stood my ground briefly while combining verbal communication of withdrawal ("I WITHDRAW! I WITHDRAW!") with more aggressive stance and demeanor (weapon still at low ready).  This latter combination achieved what backing up did not: he stopped advancing, giving me enough distance to turn my back to him and run around the building.  Many witnesses watched from above including several, ironically, from the conference room six floors up where I would teach a concealed carry class the following morning.

Does this man have radical views as an Arab Muslim?  Yes, it's clear from the blog I found later.  Is he some kind of terrorist?  No, of course not.  Is he a frustrated student?  It would seem so.  Hopefully, he will get past this quick.  But just in case he doesn't and comes looking for me some day, or I face some other threat, should I not be able to defend myself?