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To: ColtonGang who wrote (40071)	9/27/2000 11:45:44 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

No such thing as excessive force in "self defense."

To: ColtonGang who wrote (40071)	9/27/2000 12:07:25 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

First of all what you refer to as an assault rifle is a semi-automatic rifle. They are legal to hunt with in California (hard to believe, I know, but true). They are used in NATIONAL MATCH rifle competitions all over the United States (even by teenagers). There are A LOT of them in public hands but account for only .02% of all homicides and are statistically speaking, virtually unused in crime. You might logically ask yourself why the police have chosen to have them. I'm not sure, but if they are viable for the police to defend themselves, they are viable to the public. Same threat. If you are defending yourself against a threat to your life it's pretty hard to be charged with manslaughter or excessive force. Handguns and shotguns will do just as much damage up close and maybe more. You might live through being shot with a high-power rifle at close range (assuming it hits no vital organs) as the bullet might go right through you and would not cavitate as personal defense handgun ammo does nor cause massive trauma as in shotgun wounds. We might all like to be able to defend ourselves with a lamp as George Harrison did but sometimes as his friend John Lennon might agree it is not adequate nor effective force. I would hope as a physician you would use all your forces to save a life. Am I correct?