# Gangster Kills A Guy In A Fight Caught On Camera!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 20, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465 "2012-02-20T22:41:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465/21 "2012-02-21T19:21:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> Light sabers usually thur off when dropped, implying tha tthe default switch is a deadman switch, but there’s precedent for them to be able to be on when not held; throwing the lightsaber at someone is a pretty common thing in SW canon, and obviously that only works if it can be switched on when you’re not holding it.
Or if you’re using the Force to hold the button down.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465/22 "2012-02-21T19:28:24Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> Light sabers usually thur off when dropped, implying tha tthe default switch is a deadman switch, but there’s precedent for them to be able to be on when not held; throwing the lightsaber at someone is a pretty common thing in SW canon, and obviously that only works if it can be switched on when you’re not holding it.
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> Maybe it’s just a shitty light saber. Chinese import.
With some of those new Chinese imports you can just keep the fob in your pocket and be _near_ the light saber to keep it on.
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### Author:  [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465/23 "2012-02-21T21:25:36Z")
Jedi standards have sure dropped.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465/24 "2012-02-21T22:05:28Z")
Why didn’t it cut off the loser’s leg when it landed on it?
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### Author:  [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465/25 "2012-02-21T22:42:08Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#):
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> I would think that nobody would get hurt when the untrained fuck around with deadly weapons.
To be fair, lethal Force \* was \* authorized.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangster-kills-a-guy-in-a-fight-caught-on-camera/613465/26 "2012-02-21T23:49:49Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> I think we have Lando Calrissian to blame (thank?) for this.
That and him pushing his ghetto dope, Colt 45 Malt Liquor, onto the masses.
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