UPDATE: Texas EZ Trip Shooting Of Drunk

[ProgressiveProfessor]

236. Complex issues deserve more than sound bite answers

Sound bite thinking is never a good thing. Your approach smacks of ideology with no real world experience and a level of situational capriciousness that is unsuited for the law. Your fetish for so called non lethal weapons shows just how little practical knowledge you have.

A real life threatening event can be a real brain burner. Fight or flight kicks in and what works for one may not work for another, regardless of size, training, and available weapons. The military understands this and trains appropriately. I try to do the same, but in a weekend its a tall order. However the concepts are the same.

Personally I am well equipped to deal with drunk and disorderly idiots. Like you I am quite large and I also have extensive training in martial arts. However there are many situations that martial arts, non lethal weapons, and confident bearing cannot address. For those firearms are the best answer until something better comes along.

Civilian self defense is not like being in law enforcement. The victim has *no* obligation to disarm or secure the perp and has every right to do whatever it takes to safely survive the situation. For most, the best answer is a handgun, and will remain so until we invent the phaser.

Be able to defend oneself effectively against counter revolutionary operatives and other criminals is also a progressive value.