Iin, that i consider those who'd "rather die than take a life" idiots?
Mind you, I consider them idiots, ONLY IF these people being the types who would outlaw firearms ownership for others (not enough room in the title to state that.)
This philosophy is VERY common among anti-gun types, BTW.
It's one thing to prefer death to killing someone else if you STRICTLY APPLY THAT RULE TO YOURSELF, out of, say, religious convictions. But to force that philosophy on others by means of law?
Death is an unmitigated disaster, people. You either go into oblivion - OR, much much worse - you go to a place which at best, is an eternity of no sex, no beer, no rock & roll and no fun("sin") - and that's the GOOD place (I don't need to mention the other accomodations.) If you don't deserve it, being a murder victim is the ultimate irremediable injustice! I can think of no crime more vile than forcing others BY LAW to choose this option (death) over killing a piece of filth who needs to die anyway (a thug.) And you ARE better off being prepared to resist! The thug isn't likely going to be "nicer to you" if you don't resist, statistics prove that notion is a myth!
(Anyone else think this way? Or have we become like the "Eloi" in H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine"?)