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Originally Posted by Sugar J
If avoiding possible conflict is retarded then I guess I, and every respectable martial artist is retarded.
Thanks for the great post.
Defending against weapons is a different issue.
All in all this is supposed to be a martial arts forum so when I see posts asking which "Braveheart weapon" is best to carry around I get disgusted.
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If I'm going to have to travel through a rough neighborhood, and my two options are:
1. Bring my pistol with me and have some avenue of defense should someone pull a weapon of equal power on me
or
2. Bring nothing and hope I can outrun being shot at
I think I'll go with number 1. I'll agree, avoiding conflict in the first place is the best way to stay alive. But to think that it's also the best idea to simply avoid any sort of defense whatsoever other than running away when shit gets messy is absolutely mindfucked. I know I feel a lot safer in my own home knowing I've got 3 guns in it than I would if I knew all I had were my bare hands. I'm willing to admit that if an intruder broke in there's no guarantee I'd be able to take him on in hand to hand combat...so I go to the default equalizer: the firearm. There's nothing foolish about taking precautionary measures.