[mustacheemperor]

The people complained about living on the streets of SF are generally doing and dealing drugs, not attacking random passerby. I don’t know what boogeymen this post is about, it’s completely orthogonal to the problems in downtown SF.

Edit: as usual, I regret opening much less participating in any politics-adjacent topic on HN.

[infamouscow]

As someone that was homeless in SF for about a month, spare me your enlightened bullshit. My position applies just as much to the homeless as you.

[mustacheemperor]

To say your experience living in sf has been very different than mine would be an understatement, so please educate me why given your experience you think this would improve the safety of the city.

[infamouscow]

If someone tries to rape or kill me, I am otherwise defenseless or have to just hope for the best.

This really isn't difficult to understand.

[Clamchop]

So you would not defend yourself in such mortal encounters because it hasn't been codified in law that you could or should?

Are you suggesting lethal force ("find out") should be the very first intervention at the suspicion of a threat ("fuck around")?

And if using lethal force were so liberalized, the city would assuredly be safer and there's no risk it would be more dangerous?

Would it be safer for everyone? Is it OK if it isn't?

It's not difficult to understand, but it isn't obvious that your ideas are good ones.