aktion
Regular Member
I see. I'm familiar with this line of reasoning, and perhaps on the average, the results of such situations substantiate those fears. It bears a striking resemblance to the theory of, 'Don't open-carry, you will only end up being a target of criminals', or 'I'll not resist if held up by a robber, he'll just harm or kill me'. My intention is not sarcasm, but has anyone heard of these type of situations occuring? Not that they don't, but to substantiate such concerns? It seems that anticipating your own demise, whether bleeding out on the pavement or rotting in a cell, as the most likely results of defending your liberty, flies in the face of standing up for it to begin with.
Perhaps we simply draw the line in different places, you and I. I'm no more interested in a showdown with a cop than most anyone else. I've been in one, very unusual circumstances, and I realized I was up poop-creek before I knew it. I was abiding the law to the letter, yet there I was, on the wrong end of an officers sidearm. Since then, I pay much more attention to where and when my activities take me, thinking through consequences more, rather than simply intentions. But I digress.
For the record, I did not disarm, and happily live to tell the tale, a little wiser for it.
Perhaps we simply draw the line in different places, you and I. I'm no more interested in a showdown with a cop than most anyone else. I've been in one, very unusual circumstances, and I realized I was up poop-creek before I knew it. I was abiding the law to the letter, yet there I was, on the wrong end of an officers sidearm. Since then, I pay much more attention to where and when my activities take me, thinking through consequences more, rather than simply intentions. But I digress.
For the record, I did not disarm, and happily live to tell the tale, a little wiser for it.