Fire

the following is somewhat long winded, and for that I appologise, but I am trying to narrow the scope of the ensuing discussion down to a few points

I heard an article on NPR today and it provoked an interesting thought- first a bit about the article, it was about the end of the assault weapon ban and focused on a guy who was buying an ar-15 with a 100 round mag- this article was decidedly anti gun, imho, and the commentator spent some time explaining the capabilities of the gun in ways that I disagree with - things like the fact that it will shoot through drywall (what gun wont) and that with this many rounds "aiming was unnesscessary" ( I am not a good shot yet myself, but lots of bullets does not fix my problem, or anyone else I know with this problem) at any rate, at the end of the article the commentator says, that with this weapon , even an armed opponent's best choice is to run- now that seems to me to be the point of home defence gun, is it not?
and that spurred the thought that caused this thread- What do you people think of the concept of overwhelming force- to me it seems natural, that if someone is trying to hurt me, then I should meet them with as much force as I have available, and the idea of a fair and chivalrous combat is simply idiotic- the point of this thread is to explore the conflicting ideals of weapons owners, on this board I have seen people who are martial artists, gun owners, swordsmen, etc, adopt a variety of stances on what is Fair and Right in a conflict, and I think that this attitude, and the aformentioned article point to an underlying cultural trend- What are your views on fighting - do they change in context? (i.e. someone hitting you in a bar V.S. someone breaking into your home) is there such a thing as a fair fight? (cant resist the movie reference) What is a true samurai, or has there ever been one? - we come from a variety of cultures, and many of us live in the great melting pot that is the u.s.a.- do we have a "warriors code" that our culture subscribes to? please discuss all of the above- I am curious to see what it generates...........

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