'Keeping the Plunderer in Awe' Would be My First Guess

 What Stops Us from Killing Those Weaker than Ourselves? [More]

Based on the way you go out walking in the wilderness totally unprepared to defend yourself, my guess is "Not you."

As for your Walmart parking lot example, how close is the gun?

[Via Mack H]

Placating the Masters

 It’s been revealed that at last week’s Summit for Democracy the Biden administration was so afraid of offending China that it temporarily shut off the video feed of a Taiwanese minister at the moment a map was featured on the screen depicting Taiwan as independent of China ... In place of the cut video, there appeared words on the screen that said: ‘Any opinions expressed by individuals on this panel are those of the individual, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States government.’ [More]

So much for "keep[ing] the invader and plunderer in awe"...

[Via Jess]

Do Arms Still 'Discourage and Keep the Invader and Plunderer in Awe'?

 Do Right to Carry Laws Still Reduce Violent Crime? [More]

Some of us have experience deterring violent crime in spite of any law.

Just a Question on Kelo...

If real property can be taken away from its owner by a community based on the plunderer's definition of "public good," why can't tangibile property be similarly confiscated?

Things like guns...?