I wasn't talking about the article, but responding to btillys comment and btilly never clarified the jurisdiction where the events he was describing took place.

I do think that the ability to defend yourself would be of great help if you're faced with a serious threat of physical violence, as seemed to be the case in the situation btilly described.

> a subset of them have a duty to retreat which will likely get you crucified later in court

This is what I was referring to with "most".