I know this guy Grayson that says it just might be okay to shoot someone with no face mask on in self defense. I told him, whoa, don’t get too carried away dude. This Grayson is the kind of guy they call a rugged individual. He lives about 45 minutes north of town and keeps to himself mostly. I met him a few times when he came down here to visit my hangout bar. They say years ago he dropped out of big time corporate life in the lower 48, back east in Chicago I think. He came up here to get away from it all. He’s got a long explanation for his thinking about this self defense thing. I know he’s got some strange ideas and this could be one of them. He called me on the phone about this. I said, Grayson, we need to check this out before you hurt someone. He told me to write to the attorney general of the United States in Washington. So I did and gave him Grayson’s story. Here’s my letter. Let’s see of the guy answers:
Dear Attorney General,
If a guy’s coming at me with a gun and I can’t get away, isn’t okay if I shoot him first in self defense? Okay, but here’s a new thing. Suppose a guy’s coming at me with no face mask on and he’s coughing and throwing out those droplets they talk about on TV, and there’s no way for me to get away, can I shoot him in self defense? Yeah, I don’t know if the guy’s infected. But I don’t know if the other guy’s gun is loaded. This guy could be loaded with the virus. Getting too close to the guy with no face mask could kill me just as dead as the guy with the gun. This is something some guy I know’s been talking up with me. He’s thinking self defense would be okay, I just don’t know. We both want to get the word straight from you. Thanks and keep yourself safe.
Sincerely,
Travis V. Nordale
travis@travis-nordale.online