"I Hope You're Going to Kill Me"

"A Weapon of the Law."
By George W. Breuker (1884-1978).
First appearance: The Black Mask, August 1922.
Short short short story (3 pages).
Online at SFFAudio (HERE) (PDF).

"There are other weapons beside firearms."

Maybe it was the Rabbit who said it best: "Skin me, snatch out my eyeballs, tear out my ears by the roots, cut off my legs, but, please, don't fling me into that brier-patch."

Resource:
- FictionMags credits George Breuker with only 5 stories, this one being the last; otherwise, we can't find anything else about him.