[kidcolin]

pergesu, wtfsvi,

Do your mothers still pick out your clothes?

Who makes up the courts? Individuals, each prone for error? Or robotic scientists who always get the facts right? Say some dude breaks into my house. Threatens me, wants my worldly possessions. Some big committee can more accurately assess what was going on there than I can? They're going to be right more often than I am? Based on second hand accounts, and input from the mugger's lawyer who's getting paid to clear his client's name?

You're essentially arming the criminals with your philosophy. It's much safer to threaten when you don't have to worry about any violent, potentially deadly repercussions. And your assessment of the average citizen is insulting, frankly. We're not a bunch of retards who can't think, discriminate between right and wrong, and need a parental government to get us through a sticky situation.

btw, I don't own a gun, and in most mugging situations I'd empty my wallet. But I believe whole heartedly in a person's right to defend himself.