[Romulus]

Next to my keyboard right now is a folding knife with a locking blade. It’s not much of a weapon, less than 3 inches long, but if anyone ever bursts into this office and starts shooting, I won’t be empty-handed, and the wounds on me will be in the front.

[rlmorel]

What's that expression? "Some people are sheep. Some people are wolves. And some people are sheepdogs."

You sound like a sheepdog, and that is what I would aspire to be.