Hello,
Linking the article:
https://www.20min.ch/story/reinach-bl-er-ging-mit-geballten-faeusten-auf-uns-zu-103183308
From what I understood, if someone is chasing you and being threatening, you aren’t allowed to show that you have pepper spray as a defense. Why?? What are you supposed to do? Especially if your dog is actually attacked and injured …
I don’t understand this ruling – one cannot show their pepper spray in threatening situations?
byu/Poneylikeboney inSwitzerland
Posted by Poneylikeboney
6 Comments
Theoretically you should bend over and get fucked
But I would have done kinda the same as the guy
Basically, don’t take it out unless you’re actually going to use it. Common sense, really.
I will wait for more reliable sources of information though, 20mins exists to be used as toilet paper.
You are supposed to appeal the court ruling, and not bend over and then complain that it was unjustified.
The article even states that they might have not been found guilty, had they appealed the case and had the judge hear their side of the story. No way did the victim state that they or their dog had threatened the victim before the victim pulled out their pepper spray.
The victim really should have consulted a lawyer, or at least pressed charges.
In this case it’s not spray or gel from a small can. It’s a pistol shaped weapon with a trigger device that shoots pepper-ball projectiles. Perhaps this weapon was classified in the court’s decision to fall into the “imitation weapon” category, basically like an air gun or blank gun. If you can retreat or withdraw from a situation like this, this is always preferable to brandishing a (potential) weapon.
The article explains in detail what everyone involved did wrong and how it could’ve been done better. Don’t feel sorry for anyone involved.