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Or they might not have - and whether they do or not, by firing that "warning shot" you've now committed the crime of reckless endangerment, and possibly unintended homicide.
I assure you Adrien, in the United States, firing a warning shot is not just stupid, its against the law.
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Well, okay. Just tell the cops you missed.
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In which case you and your loved one would have been very badly cut and likely killed. Remember, in Steve's situation there were 4 of them. Good luck with taking on 4:1 odds when they're armed and you're not. Let me know how that works out for you, or better yet, put a provision in your will for your estate to let me know.
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Yeah, well, possibly. Maybe they only wanted Steve's money, and wouldn't have hurt him, or his wife.
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That's because you're not a criminal.
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No. That's because I'm not stupid. Charging a gun with a knife strikes me as eminently stupid.
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Yes you would - believe it. If not, you'd be the best natural shot ever born as well as a disturbingly cold human being.
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If you say so. You all agree that shooting someone in the leg is impossible, then?
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Nice fallacy - i remember why I had you on ignore. I dont believe he said anything about them being brain-eating zombies. In fact, I believe he's given very specific details on what and who he faced. Of course, as we can see, facts do not matter to you, only fantastic hypothetical situations which can be resolved through super-human feats of hand-to-hand combat and/or marksmanship.
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You had me on ignore because of your delicate stomach. I said I believe a warning shot is enough to deter unarmed assailants, address that, not the metaphor.
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You are either lying, or simply ignorant of the fight-or-flight response. An adrenaline dump of that magnitude in your system will degrade fine motor control. That is an absolute verifiable fact. If you do not believe me, please talk to ANY physician.
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Any physician will tell you that physiological responses vary from individual to individual. Maybe I just take longer than most people to emotionally process situations.
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Ah, so you get a fight-or-flight adrenal response in non-life-threatening situations which causes you noticeable discomfort, yet you think in a life-threatening situation (which you've admittedly never been in) you would be cool as a cucumber?
i call bullshit.
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I've admitted no such thing. I don't know any adult who has never found himself or herself in a life-threatening situation. You may, of course, call bullshit.
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How about you just learn facts from people who HAVE been there and know a LOT more about this subject than you obviously do, rather than relying upon your own ignorance and bias? I believe that is what everyone has suggested...
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I'm trying to learn, but so far all I'm learning is fancy new insults.