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That's in some states. In other countries where guns are rare,
violent crime is very rare. I can speak having lived in an Eastern
European country (where guns were outlawed) as a child, we had virtually zero violent crime,
bar the occasional taxi driver murder. Violent crime was very
rare and murderers were hanged after a trial with right to appeal,
but the violence rate was very low. I believe the same can be
said of 1st world countries with low gun ownership - I'll bring
Japan up again, where violent crime is exceptionally rare.
Sorry not only to do with non availability of guns but mentality and breed plays a major role. Also look at race distribution in Japan and remember they have martial arts.![]()
Why should the lady hand over her ring? I would advise my wife to hand over her jewellery, but did it occur to you that the ring could have more than just monetary value to her?
Anyway, if I'm robbed I want a Marc to save the day for me, rather than losing my money, sentimental objects and leaving the duty of recovery with the police.
I am with you 100% on this one.
You know how many times people hand over their possessions and end up dead anyway?
Time to fight back people.
police arrest the wrong people all the time. If he was behaving suspiciously at the scene, would you rather let him go or check him out first?(presumably the daughter was not seen at this stage).The problem for me is not the two hijackers he shot (good job), but the fact that he arrested a black man (who was with his young daughter in a car) as a suspected accomplice and caused lots of trauma that way...
A person may employ deadly force, if he/she believes that his/her life is in immediate, imminent danger and he/she truely believes that if he/she does not employ deadly force, he/she would forfeit his/her life.
Obviously first prize is to wound the aggressor. Someone who is across the room waving a knife at you does not pose and immediate and imminent danger to you. Someone who is running away from you does not pose a danger to you. You will go to jail. Even if that person has already stabbed you and is leaving you, and you have the strength to get your firearm and then track down the thug, you may not shoot if he is running away. You will go to jail.
The problem for me is not the two hijackers he shot (good job), but the fact that he arrested a black man (who was with his young daughter in a car) as a suspected accomplice and caused lots of trauma that way...
Sorry not only to do with non availability of guns but mentality and breed plays a major role. Also look at race distribution in Japan and remember they have martial arts.![]()
I beg to differ that someone with a nknife does not pose a big threat, a good knife fighter can close that gap and gut you like a fish, see link im including. http://www.pipersystem.com/why_cops_shoot.html
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First prize is not a requirement of law. It is a strong suggestion of experience.
and you might want to recheck that section, it has been rewritten, check your governemt gazzette, 1998 august(not sure about month)
Clearly.I lost in terrest here:
I would hate to read his script.... and I'm not even English![]()
I'm trying to find a reference to anyone other than the victim's (iow the woman who had the gun to her neck) daughter being present - or the racial profiling you refer to.I appluad his efforts with the hijackers. However his racial profiling of the guy who was with his DAUGHTER, as an accomplice??? Since when do hijackers bring their kids along?
shocking indeed but we will never know why. How you look at this aspect of the incident depends where you come from....
I'm trying to find a reference to anyone other than the victim's (iow the woman who had the gun to her neck) daughter being present - or the racial profiling you refer to.