Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen.
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.
A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.
One cannot legislate the maniacs off the street... these maniacs can only be shut down by an armed citizenry. Indeed bad things can happen in nations where the citizenry is armed, but not as bad as those which seem to be threatening our disarmed citizenry in this country at this time.
Your mind-set is your primary weapon