To the question of what I had done to start the situation, I had biked by while he was buisy beating up his girl on the side of the road. Guess he didn't want me to see it so he decided to run me over. The cops said they could get him on a trafic violation. As for a .357 mag not stopping a bear or having to do something stupid. Neither are true. I have hunted black bear and taken them and a few deer and antelope with this very .357 mag and a handloaded 173grn keith style semi wad cutter over 16grns of lil'gun powder, it'll do the job. Light for grizz yes, but right now it's what I have and better than a harsh word. When camping they do sometimes enter your campsite and better it than nothing. 12guage or rifle would be better but to be honest when this kind of stuff happens I usualy find I packed the pistol. Rule one of using a gun propperly for defense is have the gun. The ruger just seems to be the one that's there.