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- From: hes@unity.ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Home Invasion Prevention Tactics Wanted
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.013749.4218@ncsu.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 04:55:37 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: North Carolina State University
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- In article <199301252346.AA04775@cherokee.advtech.uswest.com> kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes:
- # ...
- #That is a very good observation. However, the bottom line of the
- #prblem is to decide which one is equal to death, shoot or not-shoot.
- #So how do you decide which one is equal to death?
-
- This is the central question of self-defense with lethal force.
- It is not an easy question to answer, and does require good
- judgement. I strongly recommend Ayoob's "In the Gravest Extreme"
- as one of the resources which will help in answering the question.
-
- However I think that there is a slightly easier question to be
- answered - (assuming NC law in which lethal force may be used only
- to defend people, not property) - "am I (a person of reasonable
- judgement) convinced that I am being seriously threatened with
- death/severe bodily harm"?
-
- Unless or until the answer is "yes" then don't shoot. If the
- answer is "yes" then "shoot to stop".
-
- --henry schaffer
-
-