so i need some serious advice and opinions on whether or not i should call the police
so two nights ago i was downstairs having a "snow party" with some of the people that live in my apartment building. about 15 of us? and we were all having a good time i'm the only young person in the building most of the others range from 40-80 years old but whatever for the most part they're awesome.
i ended up getting into an argument with a man that up until then was one of the closest people to me in the building, he even helped pay for a new bed for me when i didn't have one. he was being an asshole and being condescending to these two women that smoke (which they were doing outside btw) and yelling about the surgeons general warning and what not. and since he usually respects me and listens to what i have to say i decided that i should ask him to leave them alone. they're grown women they know how bad smoking is for them but they're obviously addicted, just like an alcholic or drug addict isn't going to be like okay done!! if you tell them to neither can someone who smokes typically. it's an addiction and it's only their decision to make yelling at them for it is just going to make it worse for them until they're ready to do it themselves. my grandpa died from smoking related diseases and i would've given anything to make him be able to quit and as much as he tried he just never could.
but anyways he didn't want to listen to reason and started getting really angry and saying how he has seen so many autopsy records being on the police force for 27 years and i'm like that's irrelevant i'm talking about you're treating people it's the same thing as you eating a ton of candy and drinking soda when you know you're diabetec. they know they aren't taking good care of themselves and nether are you. i even said that it probably means the world to them that he cares but he was approaching it in a very disrespectful way. so somehow he brought up being on the police force again and put me down for not having a college degree and i said "WHOOPDIE DO THE POLICE FORCE THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT SMOKING TONY" and he completely lost it.
he thought i was disrespecting his job but i really wasn't and i even explained i said that because he was bringing it up when it had nothing to do with what we were discussing. all of us in the room knew the same exact things about smoking and what it does. so he started throwing shit and got in my face making references to his gun and how he's going to "fucking kill me" or shut my mouth permanently and how he has connections that can help him. he also called me a whore which is hilarious since i'm a virgin but whatever he was obviously just grasping at straws and wanting a reaction
needless to say i'm fine and i didn't get hurt but i really feel like making threats on someone's life like that and flaunting that you own a weapon in an argument is really not okay and up until now i never thought he was capable of that and so i don't know what else he's capable of.
i was advised by a lawyer in our building to either go to the police (the state police obviously since he worked for the city we live in police department and was cheif so he'd obviously get away with it) or contact the owner ofour apartment building which will either laugh in my face since he never does shit around the place or maybe he will kick him out for being a liability.
i'm leaning towards police since they'd take his weapon away and force him into anger management which he clearly needs but he could still potentially have enough connections to just make it worse on my end. what would you do :(