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.
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.
That's because you're not a criminal.
Yes you would - believe it. If not, you'd be the best natural shot ever born as well as a disturbingly cold human being.
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.
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.
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.
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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Then you would be dead.

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Takes a lot more than a lousy stab to kill someone. It'd probably just be a cut, anyway, it's not like I'm going to stand there waiting for some fuck to run me through.

No, it has nothing to do with a Christian upbringing, but rather a lack of information combined with a refusal to learn. That condition is USUALLY referred to as stupidity.

Deadly force IS a last resort. In the situation Steve described, I am unaware of ANY locale in the United States, which would not have considered that a situation deserving of deadly force. 4 to 1 odds against armed assailants? At night? Yeah - that pretty well justifies it anywhere in the US - probably in France too...

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No my friend it does not take much more than a single stab wound to kill you.

One thrust with a 4" blade in the right location and you will bleed out in less than 20 seconds. Again, don't trust me on this - check with any physician.

Blades are just as dangerous as handguns at contact range, if not MORE dangerous. That my friend is an absolute fact of life.

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Anger is an emotion and difficult to harness in a productive manner.
You might think about blowing the guy's head off but unless you're superman your immune system would be rushing every physical resource in your body to the wound and that disables your response ability. That's the reason for the double tap, as crank and other serious amphetamines bypass the immune and other systems. You don't seem like a tweaker.

Which is the reason for the 2-second or 21-step rule when confronted with knife wielding assailant.

Yep yep yep - but hey, what the fuck do the professionals know?

According to Adrien, all one needs to do is fight back bare handed, because one lousy stab wound won't hurt you. According to scotlandforever, one need not even be concerned about knives or blunt objects anyway as they are not dangerous...

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Well, okay. Just tell the cops you missed.

Yeah, well, possibly. Maybe they only wanted Steve's money, and wouldn't have hurt him, or his wife.

No. That's because I'm not stupid. Charging a gun with a knife strikes me as eminently stupid.

If you say so. You all agree that shooting someone in the leg is impossible, then?

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.

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.

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.

I'm trying to learn, but so far all I'm learning is fancy new insults.

If you're going to keep insulting me, kindly try to make them good insults. This is boring in the extreme.

I doubt that. I think the warning shot is mandatory in France, in case the assailants didn't see the gun.

Great, you missed, and someone is dead because you were an idiot. I'm sure saying "I missed" is going to be good enough to bring him back to life. Oh yeah, you may be dead yourself because while you stupidly fired a warning shot, the assailant closed that distance and stabbed you in the heart.
Whatever they MAYBE wanted is irrelevant. Are you seriously suggesting Steve should have waited until he or his wife were actually stabbed before responding?
Well, it IS a stretch to say you're merely ignorant because this issue has been discussed repeatedly...
Yes, it IS stupid, but criminals are not exactly noted for their IQs...
Impossible? No - nothing is impossible. Highly improbable and an incredibly retarded thing to attempt when under stress? Yep.
No, i had you on ignore because you're an ...oh nevermind....
Its BEEN addressed ad nauseum. Besides being stupid its also illegal and endangers others.
Again, lemme know how that works out for you.
Like i needed your permission.
If thats all you're learning its because you're ignoring the facts and data presented in favor of regurgitating oft-debunked fallacies.

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They saw the gun.

They didn’t stop.

And, again, the idea of a “warning shot” is not only stupid, it’s improper use of a firearm. You would never take a firearms course in which “warning shots” are taught as a legitimate and proper use of a weapon…

Exactly. I’m someone properly trained in the use of a firearm. I’ve shot tens of thousand of rounds over the span of over 30 years.

You’ve used a pistol once…

Four on one?

That’s not brave, that’s stupid…

Do you spend a lot of time beating and robbing people?

I have no doubt that it would stop you…

Yeah, you probably would…

You’re going to fight off four armed assailants, and do it without a weapon?

Right…

You have absolutely no clue how your body would react in such a situation. If I were a bettin’ man, though, I’d put a lot of money on your acquiring a nifty case of the shakes…

Again, you have no idea how your body would react if you were in the same situation I found myself in. You have no idea how badly you’d shake, or how much you’d sweat…

That’s entirely up to you.

I’ve never been mugged. I’ve been almost mugged once…

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Hey, for all I know, it may be. I dont much care about the self-defense laws of a nation with an historical