For those like me who are prepared to be injured or killed to protect my family,...
What the heck good would being killed or injured do for your family?
Consider the words of of George S. Patton: "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
Think about it.
So what happens when you hide behind your bed and they come after you?
Hint:
shoot them. That's the whole idea.
If you can see them coming from their only avenue of approach, and you have cover or at least concealment, and they do not know your location, the whole thing is reduced to your ability to shoot effectively the instant you see and identify them.
Are your chances any better then?
Oh, yeah, much better. That it is easier to defend than to attack is a very well known, rudimentary element of strategy.
It is why it takes a much larger force to seize an objective than to defend it.
It's a very simple matter of who is walking into whose ambush.
I would much rather die a madman than a coward.
Go ahead, and let your family find out what happens next.
For most of us, the idea is to not die at all, but to defend ourselves and our families.
If I recall my history studies correctly, the British Redcoats were infuriated by the American rebels' "cowardly" tactics of firing from behind the cover and concealment of rocks, trees, and buildings at Lexington and Concord. In those days professional soldiers were expected to stand in the open and fight like gentlemen.
The problem was, it only worked (to the extent that it did work--soldiers were largely expendable) when the other side played by the same rules.
In the event, those "cowardly" tactics worked very well.
I would rather fight wisely and effectively--and
win-- than lose and die due to poor tactics, reliance on bravado, and a misplaced sense of valor.
