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Daemonaquila

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2. This is the attitude of a sensible person.
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 03:02 PM
Mar 2017

I don't care for guns as self defense. I use them, but I wouldn't want to carry. Instead, I've done many years of martial arts training, and yes, I've had to use it. I prefer to avoid any situation where I might need to use it, but part of the reason I'm more comfortable with bare hands, knives, and such is that I have a wider range of choices between a bloody nose and death than if I shoot in self defense. The reality is that sometimes you have to fight back. Like you, I feel for the guy, and know there is no reason for him to feel bad about defending himself rather than being a victim.

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