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I understand and agree with your intention. I also don’t want to be around an untrained mob with guns. History is a bit more complicated though. During the American revolution, we were an untrained mob and would stand and fight as often as we would run away. Despite losing almost every battle, somehow the founding fathers prevailed. There are various explanations of course. But at the heart of it all was the willingness to fight.



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