They made that decision themselves. This isn't a case where they attacked him and then he pulled out a pistol and shot them. This was open carry with a rifle.

They made that decision themselves. This isn't a case where they attacked him and then he pulled out a pistol and shot them. This was open carry with a rifle. To answer the point you made, they made the decision to attack a clearly armed man and thus evaluated that attacking those cars was worth their own lives.