I am not aware of any where in the world where it is the norm for someone to fire a gun in the air to stop a fight... and this is coming from a guy who grew up in Texas in the U.S.ecureilx wrote:Well, this is Singapore, and unlike western countries, where they say "Guns dont' kill, it is the people who kill" - in Singapore, the law says Guns kill, and if you carry a gun even without the intention of killing anybody, you can face life in prison ..x9200 wrote:I bet I could build up an analogy based on explosives.
By the way, even cops can be charged for discharging weapons, unless confronted, and there is not such thing here as 'tried to scare the guy .. '
If you lived here long enough - you will know that, and possibly seen that, unlike countries where cops shoot and ask questions here cops try to run and catch the guy before pulling out their guns .. and guns only come out if the suspect pulls out a knife or something really threatening ..
And if you have been watching news, there have been enough cases of even Cisco guards punished for leaving their workplace with their gun and also the NS guy who took out an "EMPTY" gun was recommended death penalty - ah, and in Singapore law, threatening with a gun - loaded or not, gets you the death penalty .. no ignorance of the law works ..
PS: Not a hearsy, I was also told that more than one cop had been fired and lost his/her pension benefits when they tried to break up fights by firing in the air .. though such act is the norm in most countries, and the cops can always plead that they were forced to fire ..

I do think however that the analogy of a gun.. or explosives is not the best... Guns have 1 purpose, to shoot a bullet.. Explosives have 1 purpose.. to explode.. The equivalent would be to say that dogs have 1 purpose.. to attack.. Just not the best analogy although I do see where your train of thought was going. Certainly big dogs need to be trained and handled properly... Especially the training part.. However unless a dog is trained to attack that is not his first response or instinct unless threatened.. otherwise I do not think the long relationship between man and dog would have taken place. If someone cannot handle a big dog.. and he hasn't been trained to attack the most likely outcome is a dog running around peeing on something.. or licking someone
