In article >,
Benji Z-Man > wrote:

> > A good dog could help you with that. ;-)
> > Patrol trained. Belgian Malinoise.
>
> Heh. I'd need a dog handling license for that - it's more for stopping
> anything before it escalates. Before the booze/weed/whatever-fuelled
> resentment builds, if it's started.

Sounds like an interesting line of work. ;-)

>
> By long and large, though, it's far more profitable to use "open-palm
> conversation" to make sure that it doesn't get to that stage. 99% of all
> the cases I'm on I barely have a lip of issue from the 'skip', since
> most are because down here at least, it's lazy searching or circumstance
> that makes people hard to contact.
>
> That last 1% of the time you can smell a mile away, and then the
> revolver works as a "shut up, you start trouble you're not walking away
> scott-free" deterrant. That's only successful 'cause then I follow by
> steering the conversation back to more helpful topics.
>
> >>
> >> Moving to the states soon, though. If so, my preference will probably
> >> change to a Cz-75 with custom stock and firing pin... but that's really,
> >> really off topic by a long shot. Pardon the pun.
> >
> > Pun indeed.<g> Beanbag rounds in a 12 gauge are most popular with
> > bounty hunters. Bring them in alive.
>
> Heh. The one time they've not been stopped by the sight of a gun, it's
> simple enough to stop them in hand-to-hand. I'd have issues with a
> serious martial artist, but then again they don't tend to be the kinds
> that'll start serious troubles, and if that's the case I'll often find
> them in a lockup long before I have to approach them.
>
> I'll keep that in mind, though.

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