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- From: ke4zv!gary@gatech.edu (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Bad tactical position ( was Psychology in Defense)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.060555.15341@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:15:18 GMT
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- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
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- In article <Bxu306.AGz@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> callison@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
- #
- #I realize that this could get a little bit off the charter, but I'm
- #actually more interested in what you can _legally_ do around the
- #country, given the above circumstances, and come out of it with your
- #freedom intact.
-
- I suspect that the *law* is about the same everywhere, IE you can't
- use deadly force unless a *reasonable* person would be in fear for
- their life. Unfortunately the problem is the definition of a reasonable
- person. In rural Georgia, a "reasonable" person might feel that if the
- dog barked he had a right to waste the scum. In more "liberal" cities,
- you really should have some marks of violence on your person before a
- "reasonable" person would consider you had the right to use *any* force,
- much less *deadly* force. Know your local political climate even better
- than you know the law.
-
- Gary
-