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Parker says a woman slammed into his vehicle on I-20, then tried to flee the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his 2, 8, and 14-year-old sons in the car, Parker followed long enough to grab her plate number for police. The woman finally stopped in a neighborhood, and that\u2019s when things spiraled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woman allegedly pulls gun on family after hit-and-run, man says\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qdHZ1p4CYQk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video recorded by Parker\u2019s teenage son shows the woman waving a gun directly at him and his kids. One round fired and missed their feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverything I was doing was to keep from getting shot,\u201d Parker told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2025\/09\/12\/woman-allegedly-pulls-gun-family-after-hit-and-run-man-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"should-this-father-have-confronted-this-armed-woman\" title=\"Should This Father Have Confronted This Armed Woman?\"><em>Atlanta News First<\/em> <\/a>afterward. \u201cAll I\u2019m concerned about is just don\u2019t hurt my child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wrestled with the gun until police arrived, thinking only of protecting his boys. But later, Parker admitted second thoughts: \u201cThinking back, maybe I should\u2019ve made some different decisions because it could\u2019ve cost much more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-california-s-new-glock-ban-bill-what-you-need-to-know\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/californias-new-glock-ban-bill-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"should-this-father-have-confronted-this-armed-woman\" title=\"Should This Father Have Confronted This Armed Woman?\">California\u2019s New Glock Ban Bill: What You Need to Know<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s where this story hits home for anyone who carries or even thinks about self-defense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Put yourself in his shoes: you\u2019re with your kids, a stranger just hit your car, then points a gun at your family. Do you confront? Do you back off and wait for police?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker chose to step in. His actions may have saved his family from real harm. But it also could\u2019ve gone the other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For gun owners, it\u2019s a scenario that forces a hard question \u2014 when danger collides with family responsibility, what\u2019s the right call? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some say you never gamble when your kids are in the mix. Others say you can\u2019t just stand by when an armed threat is steps away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what do you think? Should Parker have let the woman go and trusted police to handle it, or did he do exactly what any parent should do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sound off \u2014 because every armed citizen has to answer that question before the moment of truth arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"should-this-father-have-confronted-this-armed-woman\" title=\"Should This Father Have Confronted This Armed Woman?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should have been a day of memories ended with a stranger pointing a gun in his face \u2014 and his kids\u2019 faces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":220610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4024],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-220608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-buzz","9":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Should This Father Have Confronted This Armed Woman?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Atlanta dad confronts armed woman after hit-and-run with his kids in the car. 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