From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Wed Jun 02 1999 - 06:03:54 MDT
den Otter [neosapient@geocities.com] wrote:
>That may be, but it is better to be zapped than to be stabbed/beaten/
>shot, which is often the alternative.
Only one minor problem with that argument; as we've been pointing out, a
crook will happily stun you and then rob/rape/whatever because there's no
chance of killing you. Kleck's research backs this up, showing that a crook
with a knife is far more likely to use their weapon than a crook with a gun.
>And of course anyone with half
>a brain will carry his/her own piece (and the threshold for using the gun
>for self-defense will be lower too).
And when they stun you from cover a hundred yards away without warning? Or
are you going to run around stunning anyone who looks like they might even
be thinking of stunning you?
Mark
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