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   XPost: alt.true-crime   
   From: rrufiange@cfl.rr.com   
      
   "Morf"  wrote in message   
   news:3FE9CDE1.7432@hotmail.com...   
   > What would be the minimum age of a person refusing to drop a knife that   
   > you would kill?   
      
   A 3 year old child generally lacks the control and mass required to deliver   
   a fatal stabwound, so I'll go with 5 years old.  Children not much older   
   have been SERIAL KILLERS, so assuming there's always a "first victim", I'd   
   not understimate the intent of a child once said child was physically   
   capable of killing.   
      
   > I guess it would depend if you were in the targeted area where any kill   
   > is a good one.   
      
   It would depend on a variety of factors, observed intent, size and   
   intimidation value of   
   the assailant, weapon carried, weapons I had..   
      
   Saving or taking a life is not something that is "black or white", there are   
   many factors involved.  That's just preparation.  The act itself, being   
   there, you can bet I'd pull the trigger, knife wielding child, or crazed   
   granny, my life is not being lost because someone I don't even know can be   
   spared the grief of having to explain their loved one's actions.   
      
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