Should We Stay or Should We Go?
- How should we stop evil?

I observed an advanced training course for armed defenders in school. Some of the problems these defenders wrestle with are beyond what most of us have to consider. On the other hand, some of their concerns are the same as ours whether we own a gun or not.

Most of us don’t expect to face a threat today. Everyone performs better if they have thought about an emergency before the problem is staring them in the face. One solution doesn’t work all the time. Here is where our ordinary concerns overlap with armed defenders in school.

Everyone wonders what to do. Should I try and escape, should defend where I am, or should I advance?

-Is it acceptable to defend your family at home? Let’s say you are in your bedroom at night. You are woken up by the sound of someone breaking through a window in the center of your house. Should you leave your room or should you stay and lock your bedroom door?

We face a similar question over and over. What is the safest thing to do? .....