Wow.
Well, I don't carry weapons...a pocket knife maybe for the McGyver-ness (I keep missplacing it..I am useless..)
The Gentleman who stopped carrying a weapon after he had used it in ernest may very well suffered some type of post traumatic stress disorder. We are - in this society - no longer trained and accustomed to bloodshed and death.That is the domain of a few, like emergency responders (and I heard it suggested that even in copper/bronze age times the psychological impact on the war faring men was known)
However I do believe that those individuals spouting off about the effectiveness of a certain technique in all it's gory glory have never been closer to real blood then maybe a blood drive...or the quick prick in the finger at the doctor's office. They sound a lot like Robin Williams in 'Survivors'....
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