‘Never bring a pellet gun to a broom fight.’
Now thats funny.
I had a buddy of mine who kept a three foot long 1/2 inch dia wooden dowell as a home defense weapon. It is lightweight and devestating if you swing it at someone at full force. He confronted a knife welding burglar who broke into his house with it. By the time the cops arrived the burglar was hit atleast a hundred times (welt marks) and had his arm and legs broken when the stick struck where the muscles are the thinnest (i.e shins, forearm near the wrists), and several spots on the skull had hairline cracks. In essence, the burglar was severely caned. The officer at the scene told the burglar after surveying the injuries, if they were delayed another ten minutes he could have been dead or crippled from the cane beating. The sergeant at the scene added, but we (the cops) had not so luck.