We can speculate all day about what if's. Without being there to assess the situation I can't give a definitive answer.
But based on past experience, I've have knives pulled on me, one guy left in an ambulance, with a dislocated shoulder and a broken collar bone, the other one was unconscious on the ground after a roundhouse to the ribs and three successive punches to the head. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:50 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: VA Massacre & Gun Control Then he would have just driven to Kentucky, or to a gun show, or anywhere else. What if they guy had two guns drawn and had already killed 5 people before you realized what was going on, and bullets were flying past you while your classmates are diving for the ground and throwing desks up to block the bullets? Then what, would have been able to skillfully disarm the individual, or would you have just made for a better target? > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: VA Massacre & Gun Control > > If by repealed you mean fixed I agree. Virginia needs mandatory waiting > periods, safety courses, trigger lock requirements, stiffer penalties > for using a gun in the commission of a crime. > > I'd be the first one to try to disarm/subdue/kill him, because I've had > seven years of martial arts and self defense training. I have no > problem attempting to disarm someone who's carrying a concealed > handgun, simply because the in the time that it would take the carrier > to remove and use the handgun, I'll already have gotten the knockout > blow or joint break in. > > The fatal assumption in all of this is that carry a gun is an automatic > deterrent, it's not. > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232860 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
