From:	IronRaven cyberraven@********.net
Subject:	Value and so on....
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:34:42 -0400

At 13.12 07-16-99 +0200, you wrote:
>And if they do, in most cases they will only use it to _threaten_ you. Thye

Huh, not so. In the early 70s, criminals started realising that "dead men
tell no tales" is a truth. Most of them, you are correct, don't want to
kill. But you can't tell that. Someone points a gun at me, I figure it is
loaded and they are willing to use it. Why do you think cops have shot
people with realistic looking squirt guns?

>won't kill you unless they have to. And if you're pointing a gun back at
>them, that counts for "they have to".

Actually, if you had done any research into criminal psychology, you would
know that most criminals would run or surrender at that point, and don't
like targets that can defend themselves.


CyberRaven
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