"S.J. Van Sickle" wrote:
>
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 hal@finney.org wrote:
>
> > That's a better reason. One problem is that not only government and
> > hoodlums, but everyone else, lives constantly in fear of the citizenry.
> > I remember when I went into a jewelry store where the proprietor wore
> > a sidearm. It was pretty scary knowing he could pull out his gun and
> > shoot me dead at any time. I didn't go back.
>
> Do you avoid all establishments with armed security guards? Most shopping
> malls have them, and many large buildings. If you do go to such places,
> how does the armed individual wearing a rent-a-cop badge make things any
> better?
Better yet, if the jewelry store owner, or any other armed private citizen fails
to use force against an armed felonious attacker, they can be held liable, but
the armed policeman cannot...
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