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Ok, this poll is primarily for the men out there, though women can feel free to answer too.
If someone you knew (in passing, friends, acquaintances, whatever) was being beaten and you learned about it, what would you do?

Ok, this poll is primarily for the men out there, though women can feel free to answer too.
If someone you knew (in passing, friends, acquaintances, whatever) was being beaten and you learned about it, what would you do?
I have been in this situation

I flattened the guy and spent the night in jail till things got sorted out (I caught him beating her ... big guy so I was not going to play around with it)

No one lays a hand on my friends

As for the poll ... most of the above

I stopped the situation, if it was not going on at the time the police.
I personaly try to not dish out vengance but I happened to catch him doing it

I would remove the person from the situation and then I would report it to the police. If the abuser decides to come onto my property without invite, I have the right to defend my property and the abused person.

It would depend on my relationship with the person being abused.

It would depend on my relationship with the person being abused.

Why would that matter?

Why would that matter?
Well some people do not normaly like phisical vengance

It does not mean they would not take care of the situation one way or antoher but they just may not be motivated to violence unless it was a close personall friend or something of that nature

Depends, if I caught the person actually doing the abuse, I would stop it. If I saw signs of abuse, I would talk with the person being abused and try to get that person to leave and seek shelter. However, if it looks as if the abuse is getting life threatning or the person being abused will not leave, I would report it.

I can't MAKE people leave an abusive situation (I'm assuming abuse between two adults, child abuse would probably see me in jail after I cracked open the abusers skull).

Depends, if I caught the person actually doing the abuse, I would stop it. If I saw signs of abuse, I would talk with the person being abused and try to get that person to leave and seek shelter. However, if it looks as if the abuse is getting life threatning or the person being abused will not leave, I would report it.

I can't MAKE people leave an abusive situation (I'm assuming abuse between two adults, child abuse would probably see me in jail after I cracked open the abusers skull).

I was leaning more on this end myself, as it tends to cause the most long term damage. As you said about the situation between two adults, you can't make them leave it, and there is probably slightly less justification for skull bashing. Of course, if it's a friend...well, who needs justification then?

It depends.

If the abuser abuses in front of me, and they are abusing a friend of mine, and I know this friend to have problems with abuse at the hands of this other person, I may brandish a piece, and tell my friend to step away, and kindly ask the abuser to go about his/her business. Afterwards, I would phone the police.

If they did not cease and desist, I would attempt to disable them with a round to the hip. If they draw steel, then I will put them down. Again, I would call the police. This is, of course, assuming physical or sexual abuse.

In the case of verbal abuse or mental abuse, I would cross tongues with the abuser in question (Figuratively, not literally) and attempt to embaress them such that they cease and desist.

If such an instance were to occur with out my witness, but with my knowledge, I would call the police and report it. I would recommend that my friend get a restraining order and a firearm to enforce that restraining order.

I'd break the dudes legs, so he couldn't hurt anyone else. Besides, you know how many stories there are in the news of women with restraining orders being beaten severely or killed because of it?

If a guy is in a wheelchair, he can't beat a woman. *nods*

I'd break the dudes legs, so he couldn't hurt anyone else. Besides, you know how many stories there are in the news of women with restraining orders being beaten severely or killed because of it?

If a guy is in a wheelchair, he can't beat a woman. *nods*

He still has hand, and he'll probably have a cane.

It depends.

If the abuser abuses in front of me, and they are abusing a friend of mine, and I know this friend to have problems with abuse at the hands of this other person, I may brandish a piece, and tell my friend to step away, and kindly ask the abuser to go about his/her business. Afterwards, I would phone the police.

If they did not cease and desist, I would attempt to disable them with a round to the hip. If they draw steel, then I will put them down. Again, I would call the police. This is, of course, assuming physical or sexual abuse.

In the case of verbal abuse or mental abuse, I would cross tongues with the abuser in question (Figuratively, not literally) and attempt to embaress them such that they cease and desist.

If such an instance were to occur with out my witness, but with my knowledge, I would call the police and report it. I would recommend that my friend get a restraining order and a firearm to enforce that restraining order.
Friendly advice. NEVER aim anywhere but the chest. If you pull a gun on someone, it's a VERY serious situation, and if it's bad enough to pull a gun, shoot to kill. Aim anywhere else, and the chances of misses increase tenfold, giving them a chance to "draw steel" and shoot you in the chest.

Remember thow police are trained. Two in the chest, one in the head. Pop them twice in the chest, then once in the head. If you don't need to do that, you don't need to pull a gun! Guns kill. It's their job.

Friendly advice. NEVER aim anywhere but the chest. If you pull a gun on someone, it's a VERY serious situation, and if it's bad enough to pull a gun, shoot to kill. Aim anywhere else, and the chances of misses increase tenfold, giving them a chance to "draw steel" and shoot you in the chest.

Remember thow police are trained. Two in the chest, one in the head. Pop them twice in the chest, then once in the head. If you don't need to do that, you don't need to pull a gun! Guns kill. It's their job.

My response was in reaction to an article I once read about how cops prefer that you take out people's hips, if they're armed with some form of melee weapon.

And I dunno what else I'd do. Smack 'em one in the face to get them to stop? I don't even remember the last time I got into a fight. And if I was packing, it would certainly give my opponent (who has a leg up on hand-to-hand) a perfect opprotunity to take my sidearm. Ideally I'd be able to stop them by telling them to bugger off, with out having to show off a pretty piece of recoil-operated machinery.

Why would that matter?


Well some people do not normaly like phisical vengance

It does not mean they would not take care of the situation one way or antoher but they just may not be motivated to violence unless it was a close personall friend or something of that nature

Exactly right. :)

Common sense would dictate that I call the police. However, if such a thing was happening to a close friend, I have no idea how i'd react. I might be blinded by emotions.