If the Palin/McLurch hate speech inspires widespread acts of violence against liberals, you are

[burythehatchet]

Poll question: If the Palin/McLurch hate speech inspires widespread acts of violence against liberals, you are

prepared to which of the following?

[Taverner]

1. Thinking about buying a gun

Although we should be safe here in the Bay Area

[burythehatchet]

2. funny you mention that. I've never touched a firearm in my life and

the thought has crossed my mind.

[Taverner]

4. My dad was a cop, so I learned how to use one

And I'm just as much of a 2nd Amendment absolutist as I am a 1st Amendment absolutist...

But I swore I wouldn't buy a gun because I don't want to live in a world where I need one. Crime is not bad enough to need one, and I'm not in enemy territory.

But lately, like you, I've been thinking differently.

[ixion]

3. I voted for number 2, however, if confronted

of if needed, I would defend someone from violence inflicted by another.

[burythehatchet]

5. I thin it comes down to our tolerance for violence and its effects on the psyche,

I also believe most of us have no idea of what our true tolerance might be.

[ixion]

6. I have a pretty low tolerance for physical violence

and I don't mean the movie type violence, but the real world stuff.

I worked as a bartender and bouncer in my 20's, and have had to break up plenty of fights and neutralize plenty of drunks. It's possible to defend someone w/o necessarily hurting the attacker, unless the attacker just has his heart set on having his a** kicked. :evilgrin:

Really, though, I practice deescalation and neutralizing when it comes to violence. If you harm the attacker needlessly, you're no better, IMO.