Front Sight, Press

“A well-armed society is a polite society.” I’m not sure how accurate that saying is, but I think it might be on the right track. We see it all the time in the animal kingdom; if two animals both have the capacity to seriously kill or injure each other, they don’t do it unless there is a sincere and pressing need to do so. There’s too much at stake. Too, when an animal’s life is at stake, it will fight back. A seal in the jaws of a great white bites at its attacker, even though it is usually futile. A rabbit will bite at the nose of the fox as the fox attacks, and sometimes, the bunny gets away because the fox is so surprised at being bitten by a fucking rabbit that it has no response for that situation. Animals fight to survive with whatever tools they have when their lives are threatened. I think, were I faced with a maniac wielding a shotgun, I’d like to have another gun as my tool. Then I wouldn’t have to be helplessly and powerlessly blown away. – Source, heads up from Cogito Ergo Geek