With today’s weapons where hunting shots from 600 yards are not uncommon, thugs would have to walk very lightly because bounty hunters definitely would be amongst the thousand yard plus shooters. Which brings to mind, “Don’t bother to run. You’ll just die tired.”
>>The Maori enslaved, raped, murdered and cannibalised the Moriori.<<
Pacifists need to form relationships with those who will fight. I am sure some arrangement could be formed. “Only the strong will survive” is not just a saying. It is the truth.
If you like fantasies about American libertarian anarchist everybody-armed societies, you might look at the novels of L. Neil Smith. Not a terribly good writer, but entertaining in a wish-fulfillment way in small doses.
I believe the traditional relationship between fighters and non-fighters is some variant of serfdom/slavery.