Originally Posted by wphamilton

One COULD argue that, but you don't want to be having that discussion where you might well lose the argument. The legal downside is too steep, even worse if you have to use it. Therefore, for mentally stable and responsible adults, the fact that you are CC means that you never instigate, nor even seem to instigate. They will be exaggeratedly polite most of the time. Citizens I mean, not cops.

That's what I was getting at by "paradox": if you are adequately protected from that sort of attack, it probably didn't happen in the first place.