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"This [Kirpan] was primarily in order to protect the weak from tyranny and slavery, to maintain a state of harmony and security, to allow for the free development of trade, craftsmanship, arts & literature and to safeguard and protect the universal right of all beings to live their lives in a peaceful, stable and sheltered environment.

The kirpan has both a physical function, as a defensive weapon, as well as a symbolic function. Physically it is an instrument of "Ahimsa" or non-violence. The principle of ahimsa is to actively prevent violence, not to simply stand by idly whilst violence is being done. To that end, the kirpan is a tool to be used to prevent violence from being done to a defenceless person when all other means to do so have failed. Symbolically, the kirpan represents the power of truth to cut through untruth. It is the cutting edge of the enlightened mind. "

I'm not a baptized Sikh yet, maybe one day it's a big commitment, so members of the Khalsa as they are called still carry them. Those are the cases you hear about usually - "RANDOM INDIAN DEATH CULTISTS WANT KNIFES AT SCHOOL" - etc etc. Sikhs are instructed to obey logical thought so I looked back at the Gurus who started the order to fight off the Muslims and figured that today they would have picked a semi auto... so when I turn 21 in six months I'm gonna get my Concealed Carry Permit and get me some kind of gun... I'm open to FReeper suggestions.

The kirpan has both a physical function, as a defensive weapon, as well as a symbolic function. Physically it is an instrument of "Ahimsa" or non-violence. The principle of ahimsa is to actively prevent violence, not to simply stand by idly whilst violence is being done. To that end, the kirpan is a tool to be used to prevent violence from being done to a defenceless person when all other means to do so have failed.

So, a .50 Desert Eagle is sort of like a modern day kirpan?