![]() A week later the ref was dead, having gone into a coma with swelling in his brain. In 2013, a large, 17-year old player punched a soccer referee in Utah in the face. At trial, a Clark County, NV forensic pathologist identified the cause of death as blunt-force trauma from hitting his head on the floor. At 5’5”, 142 pounds, the woman was reportedly not a bodybuilder nor was she trained in martial arts nor did she possess any extraordinary fighting skills.Īnother well-publicized case from 2011 tells of a tourist in Las Vegas who was punched, fell to a tile floor and hit the back of his head. The autopsy showed that an artery burst in his neck and that he died from brain hemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma. In 2011, a 25-year old man took a $5 bet to be punched in the face by a woman. It is not hard to find reports of deaths from blunt force trauma. Can the armed citizen justify defensive display of a firearm or shooting to stop a physical beating? ![]() A common misunderstanding arising from this general guideline is the very real danger of crippling or even lethal outcomes from blunt force injury inflicted during a purely physical attack. The long-time standard for self defense allows use of force proportional to that used by the attacker.
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