In defense of "defense"

["Temmesfeld, Daniel" <dtemmesfeld@eim-inc.com>]

Anita wrote:
 > IMO, if the average citizen, with average marksmanship
 > skills, fires a gun successfully in self-defense, it
 > seems likely that death is a damned good possibility;
 > enough so that yes, it should be assumed that defense
 > here *will* equal killing.

"self-defense by gun" doesn't mean pointing and shooting
a gun at a vital organ.  it truly doesn't.

shooting a leg, an arm, whacking on the noggin'... all
viable solutions to the self-defense by gun situation.

Rachel wrote:
 >> I in no way implied that "defense" equals "kill."  You
 >> can use a gun to defend yourself without killing someone.
 >
 > Just to clarify: not legally, you can't. In the USA, at
 > any rate, my understanding is that it is illegal to so
 > much as point a gun at a person if you do not intend to
 > shoot -to kill-.

that's asinine.  so it's *illegal* to shoot in self-defense
in a manner to harm/slow down a predator, and not intend
to kill him/her?

i simply find that paragraph suspect.

Dan

np: seal - seal

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