Dude just laugh at them next time and move on. Cause next time it might not be a tire iron it could be a 45. Stray cat said that's why he had a permit, but if someone starts shit with you on the road with you you can't pull firearms. Only when there is a direct threat to your life IE a gun could you shoot them and be justified otherwise thats why they teach you that stuff in those permit classes to know when it's really okay to shoot someone. The cops will say you could have just left and called the police. Sometimes our pride gets in the way or clear decision making when legally we have no recourse but to leave or call the cops which is what you should have done when he hit your truck with the tire iron. Now that being said, I 'm glad you put a woopin on this jack ass! maybe next time he'll think twice about pullin the same shit. What I think is BS is when men want to get out of the car on woman. My wife was being tailgated 2 separate times and tapped her brakes to let the idiot behind her to get off her ass with our kids in the van and these jackasses thought it was okay to get out and approach a female to try to start a confrontation. The first time she had my billy club and her mace and asked him which one he wanted first and he got back in his car the second one started to get out and two good ole boys next to my wife who was watching the whole thing got out and told the idiot to get back in his vehicle or they would take care of him, thank God for TN good ole boys! Just sayin cover your ass and handle business when you can cause these MF's are crazy these days!