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Subject: Re: [OT] Self-defense in Canada
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:32:20 -0500
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On 2024-12-11 2:07 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:08:35 -0500, Rhino
> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> 
>> I expect that if a crisis happened to me where I had to defend myself,
>> I'd just do whatever seemed necessary and hope that the legal system
>> wouldn't screw me over but I wouldn't be so naive as to assume that
>> there would be no consequences.
>>
> One of my personal "demons" is that back in 2005 my father hit the gas
> when he was trying to hit the brake and fatally ran over my mother.
> 
How horrible for him (and of course your mother)! And of course I'm sure 
it was awful for you and the rest of your family as well.

> Yes he spent most of the rest of that day in the hands of the Tucson
> city police and was not free to go till the local DA confirmed no
> charges were planned. (That they weren't surprised me but we got him
> home to Vancouver asap after his release)
> 
> Before he arrived home I had to deal with 3 separate reporters seeking
> a story. I answered their questions but I was at work and therefore
> didn't spend my whole day at it.
> 
> In short - in the scenario described above there would obviously be
> consequences - there may or may not be charges involved.

Indeed!

-- 
Rhino