Saturday, September 5, 2009

Let's Not Lose Any Body Parts Over This

Let's Not Lose Any Body Parts Over This

Depending on who you believe, one of the liberals responded to battery with mayhem. The USA Today article and this account by one of the liberals who was part of the demonstration agree that a liberal bit off the end of the finger of one of the opponents of Obamacare. Where there is some disagreement is whether the guy who lost his finger had been merely threatening or had actually punched the finger biter before hand.

Battery is a misdemeanor (Cal. Penal Code sec. 242-243). Mayhem is a felony in California (Cal. Penal Code sec. 203-204)--and it is one of those crimes that you are allowed to use deadly force to prevent, and at least by statute, a civilian may use deadly force to arrest a fleeing felon (Cal. Penal Code 197). (The courts might even follow the statute for mayhem--they have for a fleeing burglar.)

I know that a lot of liberals have some trouble controlling their emotions--that's part of why liberals are generally supportive of restrictive gun control. They are convinced that everyone is as out of control as they are, prone to fly off the handle and kill someone for no particularly good reason. If you can't control yourself enough to not bite someone's finger off, then you should stay away from political demonstrations.

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