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From: david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter)
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Subject: Re: A new self-defense idea!
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Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 23:58:17 EST
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Mr. Huybensz doesn't believe that an ideal personal defense weapon can be
made because the criminal can use it against you.  I disagree.

How about a device that stops incoming bullets and knives?  Or, more generally,
a self-defense shield, of some sort (suggested by Issac Asimov in the FOUNDATION
trilogy, by Frank Herbert in DUNE, by Poul Anderson, and many others.)  Such a
shield would be useful mostly for defense.  It would not matter that a criminal
might get hold of one.

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