What I'd REALLY like to be able to choose is the method of that woman a few months ago who had someone break into her house, with intent to rape. She asked him if he was hungry, fed him, chatted him up some, was sympathetic, read some sort of inspirational material to him, and got him to turn himself in. See, the idea of damaging someone else really is .....repellent to me. Julie Krueger not a coward, however. And pretty damned strong for my size. ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Computer weirdness and rubber bullets Date: 6/1/06 6:59:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: _JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxxx (mailto:JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: <<Julie: You'd have to be closer?>> I certainly don't have any stats, but it's my decided impression that one could shoot a rubber bullet gun from a farther distance than the reach of a base-ball bat, giving the assaulter (is that a word?) less time to get close enough to grab the bat, etc. Am I wrong? Are rubber bullets only shot at extremely close range? A baseball bat is what -- 4' long roughly? Julie Krueger