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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5712225" data-attributes="member: 8835">thats what I assumed it was.That's still pretty good advice.I think my desire is that per the 1st half of the second ammendment, more of us civillians should be capable of defending ourselves, rather than rely on police.As the saying goes, it's not a crime if you don't get caught.  Police effectively do not have jurisdiction where they are not present.  Therefore, at the incident event, the civillians are the police and should be prepared to defend and assist their fellows.  This may be no more than mounting an orderly escape (like a fire drill), but it also means the able using force to resist an attack so more people survive.  It also sends a message to attackers that even the common citizenry is willing to resist to their dying breath.I much prefer living in an America where the reason the Canadians don't attack is because they know every American has a gun and will defend our soil with excellent marksmanship and heroic valor.On being incapable of violence as Falkus put it, I belive that to be a fallacy.  Each human is capable of violence, despite what they believe.  They may not naturally trend to it, but it is always possible an event may invoke a violent response.   Too many cases exist where people said "he couldn't have done it, he's incapable of violence." and yet there we find the "peaceful" man has done it.Personally, I've never been in a real fight (but I do have metal plates in my head from a sparring accident). I earned a black belt.  My ancestors sailed down the coast and raided your ancestors.  I'm more worried that I would fight stupidly in an event, than anything else because biologically, I'm wired to yell "Not in the face!" while I hulk out on the bad guy.  It's is a challenge being a skinny scandinavian with Viking tendencies.</blockquote>

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