When the Hospital Fires the Bullet

Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by tomjen3 on Saturday February 20, 2016 @09:32AM (#11140136)

I am 5'3. A large, tall person could easily completely overpower me. If he came rushing at me I would have to shoot him to defend myself.

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Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by rahimnathwani on Saturday February 20, 2016 @09:52AM (#11140231)

I am also 5'3. I don't carry a gun, so I never 'have to' shoot anyone.

The article described a situation in which two people with police training used a taser and a gun to restrain a naked man. It was two against one. Did they really need the taser? Even if they did, did they really need to shoot him with a gun, too?

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Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by slantedview on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:14AM (#11140639)

If you're a hospital worker, then you deal with the individual in the story exactly as the other hospital workers did before the police arrived, as they always do, and nobody gets killed.

If you give people guns, empower them to use them, and protect them from the legal ramifications, then stories like this are the obvious outcome.

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