Seb, do you consider rope a weapon? You get someone coming at you with a piece of rope are you going to tell them to drop it or shoot if they dont?
Me, if they dont drop it and keep coming, they are getting shot til its dropped. Do you know how lethal a piece of rope is?
I swear people have no common sense about self defense, what can be used to cause severe bodily harm.... Give me 3 feet of rope and watch the damage that can be done, maybe it would change your outlook. NEVER underestimate your opponent or their choice of weapons. MATTER FACT.... You dont even need a weapon to be dangerous... meet someone who is skilled in martial arts, hands and feet are deadly weapons and most once achieving blackbelt status have to register hands/feet as deadly weapons. Got a few friends in MMA and my daughter is blackbelt... At the age of 12 she could whoop an adult, now at 22 I wouldnt want to piss her off.
But as a police officer, you dont know what a stranger is capitable of that is charging you... youre going to stop that threat and go home to your family.
Back to that rope, Ill let you in on that... in the blink of an eye, I can have you on the ground hog tied, I could break both your arms/legs in seconds... now, let me just get it around someones neck... you are a dancing puppet. 20 feet and its firing time. Check out some youtube videos, educate yourself in self defense because an aggressor thrives on stupidity, but will cower and run if they see someone prepared to defend themselves unless high on drugs or just plain whacko.
