Thief robs store with syringe filled with "AIDS-infected blood"

I would draw and if he still came at me I'd fire, no question about it.
A syringe in itself can be a deadly weapon, and when loaded with a disease we aren't capable of curing it only adds to it.
I don't care if he's bluffing about it... a guy that comes up to me at the ATM at night and sticks two fingers in my back claiming to have a gun is going to get the same treatment as somebody that actually does have one.

ETA: Oh, and if I made the decision to fire, I would be firing into him till he hit the ground or my mag goes dry. None of this "a shot in the pelvis to stop him" pussy bullchit. You decide to use deadly force to stop a threat, you'd better make sure you're deadly in doing so. If the problem could be solved by less-than-lethal means, you shouldn't have fired your gun period.

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Originally Posted by Irving

What if he threatened to stab the Rare Earth Metal market bubble?

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You think there is a rare earth market bubble?

sorry could not resist.... interesting to me.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Too many alternatives. I'd just pull my shirt up over my head and hum Amazing Grace as loud as I could until the situation resolved itself.

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Has Box O' Truth tested this? How many water jugs did it go through?

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Originally Posted by dropped_71chevy

Has Box O' Truth tested this? How many water jugs did it go through?

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I've heard him sing...mirrors, water jugs...nothing is safe.

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Originally Posted by Irving

What if he was threatening to stab your dog?
Shoot if possible (early morning hours, dark, remote area, and so on). If I can't shoot, give him whatever he wanted, then once he gave me my dog, make him wish I did.
What if he threatened to stab an illegal Mexican?
Assuming I knew for an absolute fact they were an illegal... nothing.
What if he threatened to stab the Rare Earth Metal market bubble?
Nothing. Unless his syringe is made of Unobtanium, it cannot penetrate the bubble.
Too many alternatives. I'd just pull my shirt up over my head and hum Amazing Grace as loud as I could until the situation resolved itself.

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Originally Posted by nynco

You think there is a rare earth market bubble?

sorry could not resist.... interesting to me.

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Nope, it popped a few months ago. I bought my stock at $3.01 a share sometime in 2010. It immediately dropped to $1.00 a share. Over the course of the rest of 2010 and 2011, it shot up to $10.00 a share and I sold it at $9 a share. It has been hovering at $6.xx for a few months now.

AIDS Infected Blood: 0
Lead Infected Bullet: 1

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Originally Posted by Irving

Nope, it popped a few months ago. I bought my stock at $3.01 a share sometime in 2010. It immediately dropped to $1.00 a share. Over the course of the rest of 2010 and 2011, it shot up to $10.00 a share and I sold it at $9 a share. It has been hovering at $6.xx for a few months now.

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I kmow that you aren't talking about gold. Are you talking about Palladium (PAL)?

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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina

http://www.dailymail.co.uk

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Deus, do you often read your DENVER news from a UK website? [LOL]

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

AIDS Infected Blood: 0
Lead Infected Bullet: 1

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I like this answer best!

I would handle it the way we do in America these days.
RULES FOR CONFRONTING A THREAT WITH A SYRINGE:
1. Politely ask him to put a rubber on it first
2. Try to figure out what happened in his childhood to cause this
3. Request tax payer funds to do research on people who threaten other people with syringes that are full of AIDS infected blood
4. Hold Supreme Court hearings to label these people with some sort of mental disability/handicap and get them free food/medical benefits and be forced to interview them before anyone else for a job
5. If all that fails I would draw my weapon on paper and make sure he knew what the consequences were

If none of that worked or you run out of time, pull your weapon out.

Just trying to keep us all out of jail, consider this a public service announcement!