[BrianR]

Choose your weapon.

I'll let you use it on me...free of charge.

Then I'll get up and tear out your heart with my bare hands.

Fair enough?


I made that offer many times. I have yet to get a taker. The closest one was a military instructor who used pepper spray on me for the qualification. As he was looking away and explaining how I was now totally incapacitated to the others in the group, I stood up (eyes closed), and relieved him of his sidearm. Then took the pepper spray from the box next to him and hit him with a blast. All while "totally incapacitated".

Non-lethals do not always work well, and many do not work at all. If I am facing a crack-addled robber or a PCP-crazed killer, I'm not going to spray him...it'll just make him madder. I'm going to use lethal force because that's my last refuge. The drugs will render him impervious to pain of any type...I could break his arms and he wouldn't feel it. I have seen instances where a drug-infused killer took a whole clip of bullets to bring down (police shooting). They do not feel pain. Also, these people do not need to be drug-infused to be dangerous.

I can relate anecdotes of times when an angry opponent simply went off the deep end and felt no pain until later.

it is unfortunate that sometimes lethal force must be used to protect you and yours. I feel sorry for you that you do not have this option. It's your own fault, of course. But I feel sorry for you nonetheless. But, please do not inflict your version of Utopia on Americans. We do not agree. Most of us anyway.

Brian