From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Sep 26 2000 - 14:20:33 MDT
From: "David Lubkin" <lubkin@unreasonable.com>
On 9/24/00, at 8:35 PM, Doug Jones wrote:
>Laser sights on a handgun tend to make it a better persuader-
>seeing the spot on one's groin makes even the most aggressive
>attacker think twice, by making the promise "I will maim you"
>instead of "I will kill you," introducing a shade of gray into the
>life or death equation. The maiming potential of a sword is what
>gives it its psychological power, but Aleta was fortunate the
>perps did not have firearms.
I don't like laser sights for a couple of reasons:
1) like anything really technical, it's most likely to fail when
you need it most.
2) It reveals your position and gives a sight vector back to you.
3) If you were to ever have to shoot someone, and they die, the
relatives are likely to sue you under the guise that because you
had a laser sight you should have been able to only wound them.
<sheesh>
Brian
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