I am not directing this at anyone in particular so please do not P.M. me asking why I am attacking, that is not my intention.

But rereading this thread I want to ask a question of everyone involved. I believe that we have gotten far afield from the point of this thread.

A wonderful anecdote about a courageous and amazing human being turning the tables on a desperate man that turned to crime has turned into, to me, a dirty argument about guns and gun control.

This is very sad to me. The is a wonderful story of triumph over violence and crime. And, yes, this type of happy ending doesn't come along very often but that is no reason to cynically dismiss it.

And what if the man held the fear of being attacked in his mind and held a gun. Two people would have been destroyed that day. Killing another human is as destructive as a bullet to the heart (or should be) and the desperate man would be dead.

But instead we all (and I am putting myself in this category as well) should be ashamed. Instead of celebrating a human success story we use it as a bully pulpit for a political slugfest about guns.

That I find very sad.

Humbly I just wish to thank MMI for the story. It gave me hope and the 'victim' is one of the most courageous men I have ever heard about. I applaud him.