BamaD -> RE: Does self defense allow you to beat someone to death"? (4/5/2016 4:21:46 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick LOL This is hilarious! I haven't followed this thread and have no intention of starting to do so. I can guess that it involves people tying themselves in knots about the fact that people regularly get killed when they're shot in self defence, but that's unavoidable (and indeed both legally and morally acceptable) - while those who *don't* use guns to defend themselves have a far greater burden on them to make sure that their attacker(s) remain alive. This is a USA-focused debate, and in the USA, extreme positions on personal defence, guns and, most importantly of all, killing - are considered 'moderate'. It's bound to make us non-Americans feel baffled and bemused. Or even amused (though I can't say I feel the laughs just yet). No, you didn't read the begining. If you shoot an attacker, falls down and drops his gun, then you stand over him and continue fireing they go to jail. This thread began because someone in another thread suggested that 5 people should have taken the gun away from a guy (shooting started when someone reached for the gun) then the 5 of him should have beaten the guy to death. If they attack someone who snaps their neck by whatever means and it kills them they are clearly under no particular restriction not to have done so. However if comes after a "victim" who smashes his knee with a baseball bat, then proceeds to beat him while he is lying there screaming in pain. The point of the thread was the opposite of what you presumed, that you have the same restrictions when you don't have a firearm that you have when you do. Thanks, at least you are on topic.
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