A screwdriver is a tool which is designed to put in screws. If turn it against you, is it a deadly weapon? I mean, according to your argument I can stab you repeatedly with a screwdriver, and because it was engineered as a tool for screws you cannot die. Or, for that matter, be in imminent jeopardy of death or serious bodily injury, which is the standard for use of deadly force.
Is this how your mind works?
a pillow is an object designed to aid sleep. a pillow is in some circumstances also a deadly weapon because— hypothetically— you could use it against me to incapacitate or suffocate me.
somewhere, sometime, hypothetically, i am following you with a pillow to try to incapacitate you. hypothetically, i catch up to you, deploy the pillow for use, and we scuffle. hypothetically, you end up on top. hypothetically, you flee, without the pillow. hypothetically, you now have your back to me and are retreating from me. hypothetically, i draw a pistol and fire 8 rounds in your direction, striking you in the back.
hypothetically, i claim that you took a pillow from me and my life was threatened. next, hypothetically, a video surfaces indicating that you fled without my pillow and you had your back turned to me when i fired (from 15-30 feet away), striking you (fatally).
in your opinion: would i be (hypothetically) innocent or guilty of murdering you?
and now, back to reality: are you a cop? were you ever in LE?
if you are LE, i hope that you are not a cop in *my* neighborhood.
for your sake.
:-) :-)