The murder in NYC in 1964 of Kitty Genovese may be what you are describing. See
the article at
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs818a,0,7944135.story
As I recall, the story was carried nation wide (I read about it in Atlanta) and
the editorialist all were asking how the
On Nov 21, 2006, at 11:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A "duty" to rescue might even have the unintended consequence of
reducing the chance of rescue, as people conveniently forgot to
stop. We already see this in certain cases such as the rape years
ago of a woman who was screaming for he
I had the privilege of helping write the eight-hour course used to teach
concealed carry applicants in Kansas. One of the things we emphasized, and the
attorney general agreed to include in the class, is that someone who holds a
license to carry is under no duty to intervene in a situation as a
I read the paper, and found it very interesting. But I'm pretty
sure that a duty to rescue doesn't require armed citizens to intervene
with their arms; the duty to rescue requires only essentially risk-free
rescues, and while a concealed gun would surely make many rescues much
less risky, I do
