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From: jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Blow 'em away
Message-ID: <521@usl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-May-85 01:51:36 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 28 01:51:36 1985
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Reply-To: jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux)
Organization: University of (SW) Louisiana
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In article <557@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Beth Christy) writes:
>
>In Message <698@teklds.UUCP> dougs@teklds.UUCP (Doug Schwartz) writes:
>>You must be joking.  One of the commandments of martial arts is that if
>>you have gotten yourself in a situation where you must use a weapon you
>>don't try this "shoot em in the knee/gouge em in the eye" b*ullsh*t
>>you see on TV.  It's too damn easy to screw up and miss.  If you are
>>cornered by someone go for their torso and pull the trigger until they drop.
>>It's better if you blow them away than if you just wound them -- less hassle.
>
>It's frightening to realize that people who think that "it's better to
>blow them away than wound them" are in fact the ones who are most likely
>to survive.  Longevity notwithstanding, however, I *DO NOT* agree.  *IF*
>the attacker does not run at the sight of the gun, and *IF* the attacker
>does not run when you fire a shot near (but not through) his head, and
>*IF* the attacker does not run when you shoot at his legs/feet, *MAYBE*
>then you should "blow him away". *NOT* before.  Certainly not *FIRST*.

But what if the assailent is going to try to fight you for the gun?  Or what
if it's a hand-to-hand fight?  While I completely agree that *unnecessary*
violence should be avoided if possible, sometimes it's just too risky to
not "blow the person away."  I think the action depends on the situation, but
that it's better to err on the safe side (safe for the defender).
-- 
				    Joe Arceneaux

				    Lafayette, LA
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