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Re: article 2 From: Robert J. Woolley (wooll005@tc.umn.edu) Wed Feb 21 09:55:23 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Post-sterilization hCG" Previous message: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: article 2" Maybe in reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "article 2" Next in thread: Zach Newton: "Re: article 2" > > And she also has to worry about whether it's legal to carry the gun, own the > gun, and whether SHE'LL be thrown in jail (or gaol) for inappropriate use of > deadly force. However, the above attack, even if it leaves the attacker blind > > and crippled, will NOT be seen by a district attorney as "deadly force". Actually, it easily could be. Most state laws define lethal force as something like "that level of force which would reasonably be expected to kill or inflict grave bodily harm." It's hard to know how gouging somebody's eyes would not be "grave bodily harm." But again, you're assuming that these other methods are at least as effective as a firearm. Or, perhaps, that they are less effective, but their pragmatic advantages outweigh the loss of effectiveness? > > Most crime perpetrators can distiguish between someone sauntering along with > an air of confidence and self-reliance, with an obviously physically fit > gait... and they let them pass, waiting for the slow, timid soul who looks > helpless. Remember the law of the jungle: The old, the weak and the infirm. > If you have the LOOK of a fit, trim, confident, ABLE individual, you throw > the potential attacker into a quandry and he'll likely let you pass. Agreed. Women who have become skilled with a handgun, and are carrying one, rarely look like easy prey. Their confidence shows. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Woolley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Paul, Minnesota GIC "But at this stage some have not armed themselves, and the duly armed win the day. Not even a God would have the right to deal a blow for the unwarlike: the law decrees that to come safe out of battle is for fighting men, not for those that pray." -- Plotinus Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Post-sterilization hCG" Previous message: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: article 2" Maybe in reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "article 2" Next in thread: Zach Newton: "Re: article 2"

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