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07-01-2008, 11:28 PM
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A couple of years back I had an interesting conversation with a guy who was a security guard. He pointed out to me that the law (in Australia at least) is that in order to claim self-defence, you must have retaliated with equal or less force than you were attacked. Therefore, if someone attacks you bare-handed, you can't defend with a knife. If they have a knife then it's okay but you can't pull out a gun. I'm sure that there are loopholes for situations when the only thing you have to defend yourself is stronger (ie if you have a gun but no knife).

Even ignoring that, this guy has no leg to stand on. He was under no personal threat; he was just an idiot who rated human life lower than material possessions.
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