by Spider » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:33 pm
To be fair fstar...this is the 21st century. That argument would have held a lot more weight in the 19th.
Right now, the only self-defense argument is to point out that self-defense is meaningless when the other guys is armed and you aren't. The right to "self-defense" is a cruel joke when the other guy laughs at your raised fists and determined expression and simply shoots you.
Maybe all you thug life toughs in South Dallas (LOL!) have a different experience, but I've personally never walked around strapped. Never felt even vaguely unsafe, at least in my corner of the world nor so insecure in my own ability to defend myself that I need to deal with the irritation of having a lump of steel on my person.
And fstar...there are A LOT of people in Canada with guns. Don't believe the stereotypes of neutered, peacenik Canadians. You should hang around in Nowhere, Saskatchewan for a couple moose seasons, see what's actually going on up there as regards guns and redneck yokels. Might shock you. I had no idea.