| Unless the assailants are likewise armed with the heat the assailed has, shooting them in the knees would be the assailed's best bet to evade an "attempted murder" charge. Then again, a larcinest can break into your home, steal your shit, and then slip on your front porch and sue you for it, so who really knows when it comes to the courts? My favorite part is the "beyond the shadow of a doubt" portion; almost instills me with some faith in it. |