Beware the Ides of T110.

The_Chieftain: I would observe that a chap in the news yesterday, 60-years old, minding his own business and sipping coffee, was in an unfortunate situation where a chap with a hatchet decided to randomly hop into the shop in which he was sipping said coffee, and then decided to slash at people. 60-year-old then produces sidearm, and settles the matter. Probably goes back to finishing his coffee.   http://www.king5.com...g-man/81728302/   It's for reasons like that where it is handy to have a firearm. Blades are not an unusual item to have, people are unpredictable, and it sucks to get old.   In all fairness, I'll point out that the laws in the UK do not force passiveness either. An intruder can be met with all necessary force to end the intrusion, to include lethal. The two differences are that the US system allows the tools necessary to do it, and frequently puts a presumption upon the homeowner that the prosecutor has to prove that there was no threat to the homeowner, as opposed to the homeowner proving that it was necessary.