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* This happening repeatedly is why Hamas switched to bombing instead of using guns in Israel.
* Being armed and trained for militia service is part of the duty of citizenship. In fact this inspired Heinlein in writing [[Recycled In Space|Starship Troopers]].
**It is the same in Switzerland which was a major inspiration for Starship Troopers. Not coincidently it was also an inspiration for a number of aspects of the IDF.
* Every few years another incident makes the news in which crooks attempt armed robbery in places where multiple off-duty police officers happen to be.
** One notable example involves the robber robbing a bank branch in New York, [[Too Dumb to Live|directly under the FBI's office]], on payday.
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