Wimps and cowards, ok fine. I mentioned this in another thread (
) so rather than repeat myself here I'll quote my response from over there (if you follow me):
Wimps and cowards hide behind guns instead of getting up close and personal with the life they're about to take.
) so rather than repeat myself here I'll quote my response from over there (if you follow me):Quote:On a related note, regarding criminals and law enforcers being armed, I recommend checking out any of the books and talks by former criminal and genuine East End gangster Dave Courtney. He's one of the new breed of 'celebrity' criminals who've realised they can make more money via the autobiography and lecture circuit than by heisting banks.
Anyway, he's said repeatedly how much he despises firearms, preferring instead the knuckleduster, a.k.a. brass knuckles. As he says, not only can you get locked up just for carrying a gun whereas a knuckleduster is just a tool, a lump of metal, if you take a firearm to do a job then at some point you must be expecting to use it. It only takes one bullet to turn an ordinary bank job into a life sentence for murder. With the knuckles, you can floor an assailant with one punch and the worst case result is a broken jaw. Broken bones can mend; bullets in heads won't.
Wimps and cowards hide behind guns instead of getting up close and personal with the life they're about to take.
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