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As for myself and my family. I don't put us into situations that require defense.
If I find myself inadvertently in the position where I have to defend myself I will think about it at that point. Most likely I will use bear mace and a stun baton (have yet to purchase the stun baton though).
I simply refuse to live in fear. I refuse to waste much more time than I have already spent on this particular post even thinking about it.
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Do you realize how arrogant this sounds? The only reason you've not a victim of violent crime or personal theft (yet) is that "you don't put yourself in situations that require defense" ? Is someone who has no choice but to live in a dangerous area bringing the violence on themselves? Is someone who prepares for the rational eventuality that they'll be the victim of violent crime "living in fear"?
With 3,672,940 VIOLENT crimes committed against US citizens in 2006, there is more to it than simply not putting yourself in situations that "require defense." It's a statistical factor of your socioeconomic status, your neighborhood and luck, not willful decisions on your part. Victims don't choose to be victims. You're not "living in fear", but you're certainly "willfully ignorant."