[Maru]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

That person on Twitter has never studied history I see.

We wouldn't have half of the rights that we have today if it weren't for people taking the law into their own hands.

Obviously you have to pick your battles, but throughout history it has been the only way to get your voice heard sometimes.

Also to add, American culture has always leaned somewhat towards "being ungovernable". That's why our laws and policing (policy) has to be at that point as well, because we do live in a more brazen population, that does have more access to weapons and are more willing to use anything as a means, even over ridiculous petty things (like aggressive driving). So we do heavily rely on laws that lean towards supporting self-defense, because we don't know who is armed and what they are capable of. This is how both federal officers and police are trained. If they have a weapon, they've been trained when it is and isn't appropriate to use this. So, yes, if America is said to be the "Wild West", then in this aspect it's 100% true.