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first off to set one thing straight that someone mentioned-The FBI recently concluded that anyone within 21 feet of you can kill you about 50 percent of the time, even provided that you have a gun and know how to use it- because of this they now advise that if someone gets close to that range with a knife you SHOOT them (with a gun) We just had a training group of officers out of St. Louis come through to run V.S. Knife scenarios with airsofts, and found that stats to be pretty much accurate- In this case you are talking about someone in a chair, but the scenario pretty much breaks down to this-
Pepper spray- The subject flails around and hurts self, resulting in law suit- subject can still hurt self, and you, while you try to disarm them- and as they are blind and angry, and in pain, they will do so often....
Gun- Obviously a bit overboard
Taser- Statisticly unlikely to result in death, 99% effective, and lacking any lasting damage- and the subject will drop the weapon, and stop fighting-
We cannot know all the circumstances, but this woman was not listening to reason, and they had to do something- and I cannot fault them for doing what they did.....Anyone wielding a knife is a damn credible threat, so long as the arm holding it has any strength at all.....
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