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Whether or not I was carrying a gun would not be an influence to how I would respond to someone spitting on my kid.
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Then why is it so important that
“ The way it was presented was one person spitting on your kid, and you have a gun.”?
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If the assailant decided to then escalate the situation, well, he'd then be doing so at his own peril.
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You are the one who is going to decide if the situation is escalated by going medieval on his ass.
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I need to be able to assume that anyone who's psychotic enough to do something like that is psychotic enough to be ready to "raise the bar"; maybe the guy's got a knife?
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Psychotic = spitting. That could be anything from a dumbarse kids dare to someone who had an issue with the person in question.
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Oooooooooohhhhhh... Someone else who expects to protect his family by yelling at an assailant.
That's a pathetic response...
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No. That is.
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yeah, I'm sure they'd much rather watch as Daddy gets gutted like a fish when, had he been armed, he could've prevented it...
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My kids would much rather be removed from an unpleasant situation than see me get involved in a violent punch up over something so trivial. And I would not be engendering them with an attitude that everything requires a violent response or that the size of their dick may be questioned of they don’t carry on like a Neanderthal when ever provoked.
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If someone spits on my kid, that person isn't going to walk away. Period. What you would be showing your kids is that Daddy's afraid to defend his family.
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If someone spits on my kids they (my kids) will know that whatever I do is intended to minimise the effect upon them. What you would do is show your kids that Daddy’s only way to deal with a situation is to resort to violence.
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No wonder they have no respect for you...
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You know nothing of what they think.
The only way your kids will respect you will be if they respect violence.