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> "Greg Procter" ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:464A656E.E9B96C53@ihug.co.nz...

>> "RD (The Sandman)" wrote:

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>>
>> You seem to equate the lack of a hand-gun with helplessness!
>> Ramming my wheelchair into your shins might cure you of that
>> misjudgement and the strength of my hands and arms from using crutches
>> and propelling said chair is sufficient to fracture your forearm with
>> just direct grip pressure.

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> I don't want the sumbitch that close (3 to 4 feet). The average healthy
> adult can supposedly cover 21 feet (7 yards) in approximately 3 seconds, so
> 30 feet is my confort level. My good sense is my first line of defense, the
> Ruger is my second. Low on the list is my artificial right foot. Back in
> high school a kid pulled a wicked looking (and illegal) switch blade knife.
>
> !Snick! "What do you think of this, Kent?"
> !Thunk! as white pine and neoprene prosthetic caught him between the legs.
> "Not much."
> Gasping for breath as knife falls and sticks into the floor, "I was only
> kidding!"
> Watching him bend double and clutching the family jewels, "I was too."
>
> And I was, since I really didn't tee off on him. Had I put my full weight
> and force into the tip of that unyielding foot, he would have had a very
> obscene looking necktie.
>
> Bladed weapons scare the hell out of me. It's likely the sumbitch wants to
> HURT me before he kills me.
>

>> It's the lack of hand-guns - we have very few muggings here in New
>> Zealand.

>
> Actually you have very few people of any sort when compared to the
> population of the US. What is the population of NZ? I'd almost be willing
> to bet that the combined population of Tennessee and Kentucky is larger.
> Hmmm, strong urge to Google.