Quote Originally Posted by Archangel
ah, but you're forgetting the point. the idea of the law is protect those who are not trained or armed. then the idea is that the responsibility of protection becomes that of the civil authorities. so then it follows that ordinary people don't have to arm themselves to protect themselves.
Interesting thing is the police simply can't uphold their end of the deal but demand we stick closely to it. In the US a while back the Supreme Court ruled that police have no obligation to protect any individual. This society is insane and suicidal.