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Guns & crowbars & mace, oh my (was: not SPAM)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:21:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> Duane Hess wrote:
> > Violence happens in real life to varying degrees. Get threatened with a
> > crow-bar
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> I see your crow-bar and raise you a gun (no I didn't get shot, but I did
> have a gas station attendant pull a gun on me (see
> http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=2535 and it's followups if
> you want to see the details).
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> > or get maced sometime. I feel that both are pretty violent and
> > they have both happened to me.
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> I've never been maced thankfully, but having a gun pulled on me was
> plenty enough excitement to last me a lifetime.
Around here, police officers have the option of carrying mace and/or pepper
spray as a weapon, but if they choose to exercise that option, they must be
willing to undergo the effects - in other words, they voluntarily get maced.
James
(who regularly beats/gets beaten with a 1 1/2 inch rattan pole - but that's
a sport, so it's OK.)
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