true, but he shouldnt have the power to inflict so much damage and pain on another human at that age anyway!!!!
if hes trying to hurt someone at that age with his baseball bat, he still can, but it wont do major damage unless is a facial shot. u can still turn around and slug him one with ur fist if u can catch him then u tell him not to do it again or its gonna be worse and then tell him all about consequneces of doing things like that. hes at the age where he should know or be at least learning about consequences!!!! i know i was learning about them!
as far as im concerned it is the intent of the attack not the form of it, be it pistol, knife, baseball bat, what ever. if the intent is to harm then u have the right to defend urself... and the best for of defence is offence!!!!
seriously though, i can see what money_man is referring to. people who are, lets say the typical scrawny computer nerd who spends all of his time infront of the screen and doesnt build any muscle, that type of person needs some sort of advantage or extra agent to make it a fair fight... or as close as they can come to it anyway.
a gun is not fair.
its a point and click interface (sorry for the joke) but they should at least carry a blade or something. then they have the chance to inflict considerable damage and they dont have to be strong to do it. a sharp blade requires VERY LITTLE preassure to cut something.
and u may even find that being smaller and more wiry, that they are faster. speed can win out over brute strength if it doesnt have speed to back it up.