Walking to the men, gun in hand, Harper said, he yelled, “I’m an excellent shot and can shoot out your eyes at 60 paces.” He fired once at the driver’s side front tire and stopped about 6 feet in front of the truck.

“I said, ‘If it moves toward me, the driver gets one right between the eyes,’ ” he said. After that, he added, “they didn’t give me much guff.”