Thanks man, glad we think alike. I think everyone has an inherent right to live free from coercion and aggression, but if you violate the rights of another, you forfeit your own. Self preservation is the best peace keeping tool we have and it has been bent shackled here in the US with laws that ban open carry and states that do not have a stand your ground law. If there was a legitimate fear that stealing could end in your death, you are far more likely to not steal and the data on crime in conjunction with private gun ownership support that. For the sake of argument, I would say that someone who is attracted sexually to children is fucked up and needs help, but if they don't act on it no one can or should do anything. If they touch a kid however, I want them to know exactly what it feels like to catch a 9mm in the throat.