catsittingstill

McA is over-impressed with muscle--successful defense with firearms generally requires a group or a fortified position; of this tactical reality are gangs, armies, and forts made. In a typical innocent-victim violent-crime situation the attacker has surprise and, usually, position and skill on their side. In that situation, a firearm doesn't help very much--there will be no good opportunity to bring it to bear.

I think the the whole US obsession with firearms is weird, and I wish we'd start paying more attention to violence.