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Quote: DaButt @ September 23 2010, 11:25 PM BSTGun + a man trying to pull me from my car and beat me to a pulp = exactly what I need to protect myself.
Sorry to hear about such a traumatic experience, and I can understand how you could feel safer if you were prepared in the future. If you had pulled a gun though, might the situation have escalated? I would have thought that an obnoxious person such as you describe might be tempted to follow you home; and he might have his own gun.
Maybe if you an emergency list of urbane witty English one liners on a card, you could just pun him down.
In truth though societies where people may be armed are often less violent for fear of consequences.
See: America!
Totally non-violent.
I am on Radio Sussex shortly talking about paying people to lose weight. Anyone got any views?
I would love for someone to pay me to lose weight. Though I would prefer someone to pay me and to get rid of the weight for me.
Quote: Nogget @ September 27 2010, 6:32 AM BSTSorry to hear about such a traumatic experience, and I can understand how you could feel safer if you were prepared in the future. If you had pulled a gun though, might the situation have escalated? I would have thought that an obnoxious person such as you describe might be tempted to follow you home; and he might have his own gun.
You don't pull the gun out unless you intend to shoot someone; it's not used as a threat or warning. Had I been armed, I wouldn't have pulled the gun out unless he had made an attempt to attack me or pull me from the car. Had he done so, I would have shot him.
Is it literal? Like Shakespeare's pound of flesh?
I just can't understand it. I'll never be able to.
Quote: zooo @ September 27 2010, 8:09 AM BSTSee: America!
Totally non-violent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1323758/A-quarter-of-English-are-victims-of-crime.html
Bit out of date now, isn't it?
Quote: Nat Wicks @ September 27 2010, 9:46 AM BSTBit out of date now, isn't it?
I doubt that crime rates have changed all that dramatically since the article was published.
I'd say this is probably a more relevant article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
America having a homicide rate of more than 3 times that of central Europe. We have more petty and theft crimes, because ours don't escalate to shooting someone in the face 
Generally.
America's problem is being armed is a choice, make it compulsory job done.
They should have telethons to arm the impoverished.
Quote: sootyj @ September 27 2010, 9:53 AM BSTAmerica's problem is being armed is a choice, make it compulsory
There are a few cities where gun ownership is mandatory.