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Old April 27, 2013, 06:30 PM   #9
Spats McGee
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Originally Posted by Tom Servo
I've also heard it argued that pepper spray and/or a taser could be used to incapacitate someone or remove their ability to defend themselves. Since I haven't done anything to merit being sprayed or tased, I would assume it as a prelude to greater violence.

Of course, it would be up to me to convince a jury of that.
Yes, it would. Depending on the circumstances, though, I can see that as a perfectly viable argument. If I walk out of my office late at night and find myself cornered by a guy with a taser, I'm not gonna assume he's with Welcome Wagon.
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