I don’t think any weapon is required in the attackers hand to defend myself or others. People have died from being punched and falling hitting their head. Any fight is a life threatening situation. I have been able to avoid fIst fights my entire adult life. Most are caused by ego. Facing someone who forces a fight, I feel no obligation to go toe to toe bare knuckle if I have something at my disposal that will improve my odds of going home to my family.chasfm11 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:51 am I'm glad this situation worked out. But from a different perspective, it could have gone a different way. The attacker was not armed except for the basket that he picked up. Would that be enough of a potentially deadly weapon in many other circumstances to justify a deadly force response?
The story said that the CHL was in his 60s. I have always hoped that a disparity in age would help if I had to respond to a much younger physical attacker. But I worry about situations where the drug crazed man in Arlington was in a car lot, beating on cars and LE ended up shooting him. The aftermath of that one dragged on. I don't see any way for a normal person, particularly an older one to deal with those under significant influence of drugs or alcohol without some sort of force multiplier. It is fortunate for the defender that this was in UT and not a blue State.
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