Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researching snake venom say

Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by mrfusion on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:51PM (#26640306)

How would laws evolve to handle this?

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by wincy on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:56PM (#26640364)

I’m not sure they’d even need to evolve, it’s already illegal to bite people. It probably wouldn’t even need to be made more illegal than it already is.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by mrfusion on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:03PM (#26640465)

A single bite would be deadly though. Could they force you to produce an anti-venom?

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by airhead969 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:06PM (#26640518)

It would be a murder charge if they died, so the suspect's interests are probably to comply and produce venom for anti-venom.

Probably yes. Forced collection of blood samples for substance testing and cheek swabs for DNA collection.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by pasquinelli on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:34PM (#26640844)

a single bite can kill now.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by type0 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:54PM (#26641067)

It's good to know if you ever end up in a Mad TV Playstation 3 situation.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by temp0826 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:58PM (#26640392)

I’ll try adding it when I have to update the registration for my fists as lethal weapons.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by airhead969 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:00PM (#26640414)

My tongue is lethal, but not how you think.

Edit: SMH. I end up spraying more than I say.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by anigbrowl on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @06:40PM (#26641449)

Some police departments already classify body parts as 'personal weapons'. I recall a case in california a few years ago where a pre-teen was mistakenly arrested over an alleged-but-not-remotely-plausible resemblance to a burglary suspect.

I can't remember the exact location or details sufficiently well to look it up but I remember the bit about personal weapons as an odd fact that jumped out at me from a copy of the arrest report.

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