Re: RE: Re: Riding a bike a protection and in general

On 6/16/2025 11:07 AM, cyclintom wrote:

On Sun Jun 15 13:37:09 2025 Jeff Liebermann  wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:25:59 -0500, Mark J cleary
<mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:
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So we go ride out bikes out in the middle of nowhere. I am not a FOID
carry I have not guns but my brother suggest the Bryna? I myself
probably would not be taking it on a bike but who knows.
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My thought is I live alone and I sleep downstairs on the couch. I
sometimes keep the patio door open to let in all the cool night air. I
got thinking someone could just drop in although I leave the outside
lights one.
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But if I had a Bryna I could just take aim and it is about 15 feet away
to disable someone. Frankly in my days as a long distance runner with
dogs I would have used one at least 3 times in the past. I came upon a
dog that attacked me. On a bike in unfamiliar territory it might we
worth it certainly if you are touring across country.

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Spelling problem.  It's a Byrna:
<https://byrna.com>
I don't know anything about it or self-defense strategy.  In my
uninformed opinion, a paintball gun is much cheaper and possibly
equally effective.
<https://www.google.com/search?q=paintball%20gun&udm=2>

    When you have nothing of value to protect I'm sure that you can protect it with a paintball gun. After you showed us your pile of old broken down bicycles without even one in which even Frank would coinsider riding condition I am rather surprised that you would even bother with a paintball gun.

You misread the statute.  Deadly force is not lawful to protect property, only human life.
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