I’d think if you were under a strong painkiller most of the time, you’d feel pretty much at peace.

You’d be wrong on that one. Some opiates can make you speedy, for example.

Other options would include a well executed forearm to top of the spine, which might kill them.  For someone skilled , an actual karate chop to the side of neck would work. 

Or if you are more in the mood for a foot sweep, do an osoto-garuma from behind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQDt2dQ7egA
which would be illegal in competition, but in the street would violently faceplant someone into the pavement.

i’ve known some people that speak like Kai, and my homie Robert is a dead ringer for him in looks, speech, and he also moved from the South to California to surf.  it was uncanny.  personally, when I’m excited, I lapse into heavy ebonics since I’m a hip hop guy.  I’ve seen people react to it negatively, particularly since I’m white.  I’m not being pretentious.  I’m actually down, believe it or not.  and so it is with Kai.

he told his story in the idiom of his peers; effectively, I thought.  that’s real.  much preferable to “ummm,  uhhh…..  the.  attacker.  said…”  my feeling is that, in conjunction with his adrenaline, part of his peer idiom is that it is disrespectful to one’s audience to be boring.

(Which does not necessarily make you “out of it”, as we can clearly see here.)

This dude is awesome and deserves to be rewarded for his actions, regardless of the outcome of the legal action (hopefully he is not punished for this).

Will someone give this dude a surfboard and a wet-suite?If I had one I would.

Maybe tomorrow, I’ll want to settle down,
Until tomorrow, I’ll just keep moving on, pah pah pah paaah, pah pah pah paaah…

ETA: Just noticed his Facebook reply. Kai for fuckin’ president!!!

I am not an attorney, but this is what I understand after reading Ct laws posted on the web.

So, like, in this situation, if the “Jesus” man was going to cause more grave bodily harm to more victims, Kai would be cool in Connecticut Law.
Unlike, in situation where the “Jesus” man was going to run away on foot _before_ grabbing his next victim, Kai would face time in prison in Connecticut Law. Unless I am misunderstanding my own state’s law, in which case I will be grateful if someone would clarify it for me.

Does the ear slap knock them out?  Or, just burst their eardrums?  And how do you deliver the double ear slap… I mean, do you have to have concurrent ear slaps or is it still effective if say, one ear gets slapped before another?  (I want to be prepared — because I’ll probably not have a hatchet or a ratchet with me (or my peace sign bandana on my head when duty calls!)

So is this kind of vigilantism legal in the USA?

It may be legally required in places with Good Samaritan laws.

I think a much more pressing question is why does everyone have handguns? Why is it weird to carry a hatchet, but normal and reasonable to carry a pistol?