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Except he would take your guns and make you defend your life with your heart.
Fail.
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun."-Dali Lama.
Cavedog you are the man, but that quote goes like this: "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it is reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
Not at the head, where a fatal wound might result. But at some other body part, such as a leg." -Dalai Lama
Sure, we should absolutely cultivate the rule of law and a general respect for life, things that are genuinely missing in many facets of civilization, and then maybe most people will get along and help one another out, perhaps. But there are always going to be people who don't care, don't like you, would just as soon as kill you and take your stuff, or pay someone else to do it, and when you encounter those people, the only thing that gives you a chance to live peacefully, is the threat of force. If the bad people feel like they will suffer, greatly or otherwise, they leave you alone, and if they mistake or misjudge the threat, or see no threat, then you'd better be ready to defend yourself. And when that happens, I hope not to shoot where it won't end the action.
So, he's wrong. Just because someone famous or held in esteem by popular culture says something, doesn't make them right or even worthy of agreeing with.