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I did not see 'Canada' in previous posts.  That does change the picture a
bit.  My responses presumend an US audience.  In your case,  the previous
discussions do not apply.


Randy Otto wrote in message <01bea98d$6b44b3a0$903dc8cd@wpg-01.escape.ca>...
>You still fail to see the point!  Even if I do everything right eg. shoot
>the right person and with justification and with a horrible miscarriage of
>justice end up in jail anyway, every else still gets to live. In the end
>thats the point. Who wouldn't step in front of a vehicle to save their
>child? Its the same thing. I don't think you can be so afraid of going to
>jail that at the moment of truth you hesitate and don't do the right thing,
>get yourself killed and then everyone else as well. I have settled the
>question in my own mind, legal or otherwise. We have had politicians tell
>us in Canada ( the minister of Justice Alan Rock ) that self defence is not
>a viable defence in courts. He was of course full of sh_t, I don't need the
>gov't to tell me self defence isn't a option. You can pass laws but the
>right to self defence is a right of human beings not to be legislated away.
>IMHO  rant finished
>
>Randy