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Guns don’t kill people; pissed off nurses kill people Tom Smith

A nurse (female) returns from her shift to find a 5′ 9″, 180 lbs. intruder in her home, armed with a hammer.  They struggle.  The nurse strangles the intruder, to death.  She is unarmed, and only 5′ 6″.  She tips the scales, however, at 260 lbs.  There is an important martial arts lesson here.  If you are confronting 260 lbs of enraged nurse, you want more than a hammer.