Would you rather get body armor or a gun as a Christmas presnt?

[Whovian]

Which would protect you more from an unknown assailant?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Vest

Given most assaults use guns.

[NoOneMan]

2. Plane ticket to sane society not an option?

[Whovian]

3. I think that's a bingo.

[immoderate]

6. If it's a sane society, weapons policies should not matter.

And I don't see how weapons policy affects our sanity quotient.

--imm

[niyad]

12. thank you, that was my thought, as well.

[wake.up.america]

28. Now, that's an idea. I can walk the streets at night without fear, in the country I live.

Worth much more than unlimited opportunities to get shot.

[NoOneMan]

32. Yeah, its pretty cool

I've grown up in small town USA. I've felt a lot safer walking in bigger cities abroad than home any more past midnight. Hell, I don't even mind not owning guns now that I am not surrounded by lunatics.

[aquart]

4. I was hoping for a tablet.

The gorilla glass would protect me.

[dkf]

5. Maybe if the gun came with a cute bodyguard. :)

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

7. Damn... good question.

I have two sets of good body armor (one gov't issued). I have enough guns too, don't need anymore.

I would have to go with Door #C... A nice Home Security System.

[Crepuscular]

8. Gun

A gun, in answer to your first question, specifically a pristine Beretta Gold Rush in .45 LC, a reproduction of state-of-the-art 1884 technology, if you can find one.

In answer to your second question, I don't envision using either to protect myself from an unknown assailant, but if I had to choose, if those are the two choices, then probably a gun. Pepper spray would probably be a more effective deterrent in most assaults.

[TeamPooka]

9. a pony

[Jackpine Radical]

10. Me for the pony.

Dammit, you beat me.

[LWolf]

21. I want a gift certificate

to pay to have someone else clean up after the ponies, and to buy some hay.

[femmocrat]

11. I just want a little snow....

so it looks Christmas-y.

[LWolf]

19. I got that today.

I'm good to go, with no guns at all.

[RebelOne]

13. Gun.

I am a woman who lives alone and my only protection is my Chihuahua that barks a lot if any stranger is on the premises. And she does attack strangers, but any intruder with a gun would make short work of her.

[caraher]

14. I think those are two very different questions

I'd probably take the gun.

But that's because I'm not going to don body armor on a daily basis. If an "unknown assailant" were coming after me I'd feel safer with the body armor than with the gun, but it's unlikely I'd know when this would happen. So really, I'm not making the call based on what would keep me safer. I'd rather have the gun because it could be used, if I so desired, for hunting or target shooting.

That said, I'm really not interested in either. If someone gave me a gun I might not keep it.

[Arkansas Granny]

15. Actually, I'd be fine with a little weed and wine (no whites, please).

[Recursion]

16. Racist!

[Jennicut]

22. Everyone wants that for Christmas.

Or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or Festivus.

After all this freaking wrapping I did tonight, I really need something.

[Recursion]

17. Neither strike me as appropriate to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth

But, given that choice, I would rather have a gun, I guess.

[former-republican]

18. The correct answer is both

Now go tell Santa

[LWolf]

20. Neither. nt

[Posteritatis]

23. I make armor recreationally, so materials for another hauberk would in fact be nice... (nt)

[Recursion]

25. Ooh, I hadn't thought about that kind of armor. Definitely armor, then.

I would love a hauberk.

[Posteritatis]

26. They're cheap to make, but oh god the time commitment.. (nt)

[Recursion]

27. I used to SCA, but mostly heraldry and music

I always envied the armor folks.

[Posteritatis]

35. My friends and I aren't reenactors, but do some maille in the interest of why-not..

I fear and envy anyone who works with plate though. (Or leather, really, since that's nontrivial too and I love the look of some of the results.)

I'm trying to talk myself out of buying a few kilos of scales from The Ring Lord. Must finish projects sequentially, dammit!

[Coyote_Tan]

24. I'd like a new upper...

[Cleita]

29. I'd rather have the money that would be spent on those two items.

I'll buy something else.

[Curmudgeoness]

30. Sorry, I'd be willing to die

before I would live my life in body armor or carry a gun.

Let's not do a gift exchange this year, k?

[Drale]

31. I'd rather get some Lego's

or maybe a nice video game.

[ComplimentarySwine]

33. Gun

Specifically, a Springfield M21 with stainless barrel.

[Dirty Socialist]

34. Father Christmas Give Me Some Money

give all the toys
to the little rich boys