"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I would have tasered the guy.

No you wouldn't. You really don't know what a taser might do to an
electric detonator.

What would a bullet to do a guy who has his thumb on the plunger of a
detonating device?

That's unknowable. However, ask a cop what two bullets in the chest do to a
person who's in an altered state of consciousness (drugs, etc). Often, it
still leaves him able to threaten or struggle for at least a few seconds.



Make him release it?

You're offering up a straw man argument.

In that case, why do you suppose air marshals and certain other types of
marksmen are trained (with great difficulty) to shoot first at the head? To
show off? Because they get more points or something?

You have said you own a handgun. Would it be correct to assume that you've
pondered the possibility that you might have to use it against an intruder
in your home? Not point it and then argue. I mean USE it. If your answer is
yes, then have you spent any time at all reading about HOW to use it in
those circumstances?