From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20031004153832.55313EC7C3@edoras.nas.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie: life without rio Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:02:03 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 61531778-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Jack Johnson wrote: > WAY OT, I've always been pissed that concealed carry laws don't allow > chemical sprays or knives. Some of them do, and in many jurisdictions no license is required for those. > One could argue that concealed carry is > about the perception of security rather than true security, ... Not really; it's about being prepared for the worst case. When a bad guy starts shooting people do you want to be armed with a knife? If a bad guy pulls a knife at some distance, probably a gun will suffice to stop him, but if you get involved in a knife-to-knife fight, you can expect to be hurt. Pepper spray is too often ineffective to be one's defensive weapon of choice. It may be reasonable to expect police to be prepared with a range of options for level of force employed, but it's going to far to expect civilians to carry such an array of equipment.