[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Its telling how the soldier said that if he hadn’t had his kukri on him, he would have remained a ‘silent spectator’. It says a lot about the wickedness of disarming law-abiding citizens when even a Gurkha appears to balk at the idea of taking 40 armed robbers with just his bare hands.
Even the psychological effect of just having a weapon would persuade more people to do the right thing when confronted with evil...

[allmendream]

I am reminded of the guy with the CC permit and his CC pistol who tacked the nutjob in Tucson instead of using his weapon.

The psychological effect of having the weapon no doubt gave him some of the courage to do what he did.

Excellent point!