Kicking somebody during a fight can be more dangerous than using a sharp or blunt weapon, research shows...Well, we've tried alcohol prohibition and "gun control," and those haven't worked, and besides, it appears from this "study" that guns aren't the problem anyway. So maybe we need some kind of boot control--after all, who needs pointed toes or heels over 1"?
Firearms injuries, which were very rare, were not considered...
"There's an important link with alcohol. Often in fights people are kicked when they fall over and one of the ways to reduce kicking is to reduce severe intoxication because fewer people would fall over.
Someone also ought to clue the good ivory tower docs into the fact that many--if not most--fights are going to end up on the ground regardless of whether or not the participants have been drinking. Real life altercations are very different from the choreographed sequences portrayed in the movies--nowhere near as pretty, nowhere near as temporary. A blow to the head or other vital area, whether with fist, elbow, foot or knee, a gouge, a bite, a stranglehold or a shove, can all have crippling or lethal consequences. No one has a right to initiate violence in this manner, and the victim has every right to stop such an attacker with lethal force.
"Fair fights" are fantasies conjured up by those who have never been assaulted and don't know how such things are done.
[Via 1894C]
4 comments:
The way I see it. Is that if you are armed, you are far less likely to be hit or kicked to begin with.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and
preserve order in the world ...."
- Thomas Paine
I've always liked the Marine definition..Any fight I win is a fair fight!
Excellent post, David, and great commentary. I heartily agree that there is no such animal as a "fair fight" in the real world. If you are minding your own business and not bothering anyone and some thug comes up and tries to "punch your lights out", you should have every right to use a gun against him. You have no way of knowing if the punch is merely intended to bloody your nose or to crack your skull open. Nor do you have any way of knowing for sure that the assailant throwing a punch at you doesn't also have a knife or a gun.
I get so very irritated by the mentality of some people that says "Anyone who uses a gun to defend himself is a coward--me, I'll use my fists!" One who says this is probably short a few million brain cells!!!
it helps if that fist is wrapped around a gun butt.
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