Oregon Poll: Shoot or No shoot?

[Nick Burkhardt]

Police ID man suspected of poking people with thin metal object in SE Portland

"I see this guy walking toward me, I'm like, 'okay, I'll go around, you know, a pedestrian. I swerve to sort of go left around him and he lunges toward me and stuck me in the neck with his screw driver or something."

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[Stomper]

That's a DAMNED good way to get shot....

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Why cant there just be an option to beat the hell out of the bastard? Geez.. Someone trys to stab me and they will get broke.

 

[Certaindeaf]

they just don't make panhandles like they used to.. ow!

 

[Medic!]

You could shoot him. But where's the fun in that?

 

[titsonritz]

Why cant there just be an option to beat the hell out of the bastard? Geez.. Someone trys to stab me and they will get broke.

Pretty much.

 

[SUPER X]

Police ID man suspected of poking people with thin metal object in SE Portland

"I see this guy walking toward me, I'm like, 'okay, I'll go around, you know, a pedestrian. I swerve to sort of go left around him and he lunges toward me and stuck me in the neck with his screw driver or something."

Sticking in the neck is life threatening

 

[nammac]

Beat the snot out of him with a sock with two rolls of quarters... Period...

It's portland so one cannot reasonably defend themselves with a firearm and not end up in the county jail...

 

[SHPD_Retired]

Sounds like he was trying to end your life by sticking you in the neck. I would shoot him as you do not use lesser force to overcome greater force. Like the saying goes " You do not take a knife to a gunfight."

 

[Alex V]

A couple years ago a CHL holder in SW Portland shot and killed a dog that was threatening his dog and it was ruled justified. If this guy came at you with a metal object and you did everything you could to avoid the situation and still had to use lethal force, I'm no legal expert, but I would suspect you would be ok.

 

[SUPER X]

Police ID man suspected of poking people with thin metal object in SE Portland

"I see this guy walking toward me, I'm like, 'okay, I'll go around, you know, a pedestrian. I swerve to sort of go left around him and he lunges toward me and stuck me in the neck with his screw driver or something."

Is poked a politically correct term for STAB

 

[Heyjoe]

Venable was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail and is facing three counts of harassment.

Lodged? Lmao. I guess "arrested and charged with assault" isnt pc enough

 

[Tony617]

Since I don't have an Oregon CCW I would try to get away.

 

[Lexingtonuninc]

Soun like he was trying to end your life by sticking you in the neck. I would shoot him as you do not use lesser force to overcome greater force. Like the saying goes " You do not take a knife to a gunfight."

But, your gal is dressed in red....

Beat the snot out of him with a sock with two rolls of quarters... Period...

It's portland so one cannot reasonably defend themselves with a firearm and not end up in the county jail...

Two roles of quarters is what my Dad carried in his pocket when he took me to San Francisco in 1978!!!!!
I won't take anything or one their now............

 

[Andy54Hawken]

In given set of circumstances almost anything can be or appear to be life threatening.
For example if one is disabled or elderly ...a unarmed person approaching quickly and aggressively can be seen as life threatening.

In my way of thinking if you have done everything that you could to avoid the threat , then if you are left with no other options , lethal force can be called for.

The trick to that is getting 12 other people to agree to line of thought.
The old adage of "Better to judged by 12 , than carried by 6"...if full of danger.
Many if not most of those 12 may not think like you do...not to forget to mention that people can at times , just mess up the works and in normal life , this is usually just a minor annoyance...but in a trial....it can be life altering.
Andy

 

[etrain16]

If I perceive my life to be in immediate danger, I'll take whatever step(s) necessary to defend my life. I think stabbing someone in the neck would qualify, really for anyone, as a life-threatening attack. I hope to never have to shoot someone in self defense, but I carry so I can defend my life, or the life of my family, if the situation calls for it. Avoiding incidents like this is always first choice. Sometimes though, it simply can't be avoided.

 

[Medic!]

Go ahead. Pull a knife.
You can explain what happened next to the Doctors.

 

[Stomper]

Go ahead. Pull a knife.
You can explain what happened next to the Doctors.



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How did he get your broken off foot out of there before the medics arrived?

 

[Certaindeaf]

I once saw a reporter ask this same question of Yosemite Sam.. you be the judge.














not really

 

[bbbass]

Shoot or no shoot: