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Urbane Guerrilla · 11-23-2006, 11:09 AM

About all the difference I can think of is you can benefit more people per stroll. Properly speaking, in the United States there isn't a difference.

The English are not raised to comprehend the idea of a citizen militia and its police powers -- while it's neither organized, nor very demanding of the individual citizen in any one day of his life, American law encourages the citizenry to do something about criminal or life-threatening behavior if at all possible. In a certain rather narrow range of situations, opening fire is about the best and only option.

This is part of our entire conception of a republic. Some will say that it was all very well for the Wild West but now there are police departments. That argument tends to dry up when it is pointed out that saving lives never obsolesces, and is by no means delegated to sworn officers only. In the early West, true enough, DIY justice and defense of self or other was the only available course, which made the West look pretty hairy though the actual casualty rate was pretty low, as most of the bang-bang was confined to those areas where there was a population mostly of transients, almost entirely of young men, and liquor. Strong drink got them shooting -- and mainly missing, when it came to human targets.

11-23-2006, 11:09 AM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	About all the difference I can think of is you can benefit more people per stroll. Properly speaking, in the United States there isn't a difference. The English are not raised to comprehend the idea of a citizen militia and its police powers -- while it's neither organized, nor very demanding of the individual citizen in any one day of his life, American law encourages the citizenry to do something about criminal or life-threatening behavior if at all possible. In a certain rather narrow range of situations, opening fire is about the best and only option. This is part of our entire conception of a republic. Some will say that it was all very well for the Wild West but now there are police departments. That argument tends to dry up when it is pointed out that saving lives never obsolesces, and is by no means delegated to sworn officers only. In the early West, true enough, DIY justice and defense of self or other was the only available course, which made the West look pretty hairy though the actual casualty rate was pretty low, as most of the bang-bang was confined to those areas where there was a population mostly of transients, almost entirely of young men, and liquor. Strong drink got them shooting -- and mainly missing, when it came to human targets. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.