Quote: M Fnord wrote:
Common sense? A general desire to not play Car Wars: the LARP when going to or from work/the bar/the grocery store/the movies?
Ah yes, the old "if people were allowed to go around armed there would be constant shootouts over parking spaces" argument. It's been trotted
out every time a state liberalizes concealed carry laws starting with Florida some 20 years ago. Not surprisingly, such dire consequences never come to pass,
and (also not surprisingly) that never stops the same people from making them the next time.
But since we're talking about armed and armored vehicles now, and not concealed pistols, you have a great chance to prove me wrong. All you have to do
is come up with a single case where a privately owned armored vehicle (yes, there are such things in the US) has been involved in a crime. Heck, you can even
throw in traffic accidents! Take all the time you need...
Quote: Yeah, and there's always been mercenaries too. Doesn't mean these are concepts necessarily worth cherishing and protecting.
Good luck with that! Mercenaries are incredibly common in the US. There must be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of them. In LA you can't go a day
without seeing several (well, unless you never leave your home ;-). Personally, I'd rather have them than the cops.