[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>A karate chop could be, so this degenerates into silliness.<<

A karate chop is not a deadly weapon, but it’s a bare-handed assault intended to inflict bodily harm and/or death. And any such attack can be repelled, if necessary with lethal force.

[HiTech RedNeck]

But then possessing a hand is such an excuse. Reduction to absurdity.