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- From: forda@gtephx.UUCP (Andrew Ford @ AGCS, Phoenix, Arizona)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Effectiveness of pepper gas
- Message-ID: <9301272024.AA06062@gtephx.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 04:16:32 GMT
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- In article <C1HMLF.78B@wsrcc.com>, wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:
- # #I've been wondering about the effectiveness of the fairly new
- # #irritant gasses containing Oleoresin Capsicum.
- #
- # I'm was told by a lady displaying the 10% and 15% variety at a recent
- # show that Oleoresin Capsicum is only approved for use against animals
- # in California. She paused, and then added, "The 15% is good for
- # animals up to 250lbs."
- #
- On 21/1/92, Glendale, Arizona, police officers shot and killed
- Beverly Patrick after spraying here with Capstun. 911 received
- a call from a teenage boy that someone had broken into the
- house: the boy had locked himself upstairs. When police arrived,
- they encounterd Ms. Patrick holding a large knife. When the
- police ordered her to drop the weapon, she responded by charging.
- The police sprayed her with Capstun (I think that's OC) but
- she kept coming so they had to shoot her several times.
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- Editorial: in another few seconds, the OC would probably
- have had some effect, but the cops would have been severely
- injured and maybe even dead by that time. If you want to
- use OC, use it like the pro's do... as an alternative
- to lethal force if it's use is both possible and
- effective.
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- "25 States allow anyone to buy a gun, strap it on, and walk down the street with
- no permit of any kind: some say it's crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US murders are
- committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" - Andrew Ford
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