Originally Posted by pylon
I will respond to your " Why didn't you do anything about it?" and "I, the gun toting American would have dropped his ass" comment and "What kind of area do you live in." comment. Before your ninja edit.
One, you missed the jist of the post. The whole point was had I had a gun at that moment, I would have used it then and there, because I was emotionally charged, and wanted revenge. But being just a normal schmuck, living in a very docile non crime ridden area (an apartment in Acadia), a gun was the last thing you would have expected to need. Unfortunately, gun vs fist, usually goes to gun. If the guy had not been armed, and taken a swing, sure, I would have mixed it up, but attacking someone with a gun pointed at your forehead, and his finger on the trigger is a pretty high risk gamble, not worth dying for.
The problem is virtually all hardened criminals are armed, where as maybe, 10% of the normal population is. But the answer is not to arm yourself, it is to just live somewhere, and avoid situations and people that can put you in those scenarios. I divorced myself from that entire group of people shortly after that, and found friends that don't do hard drugs, and don't steal cars, and don't associate with scum.... and voila, I have never been in a situation similar since. Easy solution.
I don't have one iota of guilt or shame for the outcome, because even if had I had exacted my revenge, I would still have to live with the fact I pulled the trigger, and he did not. Also the whole criminal record for murder could be a bummer to. Scrubbing toilets for the rest of my life is not a career I would have excelled at.
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