As is so often the case.

..... imagine what would have happened.

Punches thrown? Fingers pointed in an angry verbal confrontation?

OMG..... I've got a headache in my eye.

She should have left the nut alone and not chased him but since both seem to have been confrontational types, I can imagine any number of items being used by one of them to thonk, stab, slice, bludgeon, or otherwise hurt the other.

She assumed the guy with the gun wasn't ready and willing to shoot her.

No, not everybody who likes carrying around a gun is chomping at the bit to shoot people. But maybe you can see why people look askance at people walking around with guns whether in their hand or on their hip.

calling her a confrontational "type." is extremely dehumanizing and quite fucking ugly to have to read.

Question, how do you know when it is a nut who almost kills you while driving badly instead of just a bad driver? I guess your ESP keeps you from making those kinds of mistakes.

You ask:

They might have a gun.

Any cop will tell you, do not engage a crazy driver.

She is 100% to blame for engaging a crazy person and she should have avoided him altogether.

It's truly fucking sick for death enthusiasts to blame someone who just had a psychopath's gun unloaded in her. You're far outside this community's norms, and you need to shelve the hate.

Chase down and confront a road raging person makes you a participant in a road raging fight.

Gun or no gun, she shouldn't mess with angry drivers.

They might have guns.

that it's never a good idea to stop and confront someone during a road-rage incident. People are so frazzled and on edge today, you never know what state of mind you'll encounter.

We were doing knife and gun defense practice last night (close quarters), but as you can see from this tragic instance, there was really nothing the victim could've done to protect herself (aside from not confronting the guy).