The 2nd Amendment issue was settled last year by the US Supreme Court in McDonald vs City of Chicago.
At issue was "whether the Second Amendment is incorporated into the Due Process Clause or the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment so as to be applicable to the States, thereby invalidating ordinances prohibiting possession of handguns in the home."
The court ruled that the 2nd Amendment was incorporated by the 14th Amendment. Therefore the Right to Kepp and Bear Arms is now a Constitutionally protected civil right just like freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
It will take awhile as local governments will inevitably test the ruling by attemting to enforce current laws and ordinances that are now technically unconstitutional. However, eventually much wider freedoms for the possession and carrying of firearms will prevail.
really didn't know if i wanted to add to this, but what the heck. that throat jab mentioned can actually kill if proper force is used. i've sent many to hospital with moderate jab. kicks to groin are often missed which only gives other person reason to hurt you. guns are nice to have. but if you keep on the move, you become harder target to hit. always size up weapon. small 22 or 25 won't do much damage unless between eyes. also size up other person. look for week points. fat gut, slim legs. etc. more than anything, remember that the dark is you best friend. they can't see any better than you.
You are coming out of the grocery, bag in one arm fumbling with keys in the other hand to unlock the car, when someone comes up from behind, pokes a gun into your side and says, get in the car. Do you fight then, or do as instructed?
regardless of the downside, i don't think i would get in the car. if i had the presence of mind, i would think about which hand the gun was in, probably right, and whether it was in my ribs or back. i would then quickly pivot around trying to be on the outside of the gun and throw the groceries at him and then i would either run or do O Soto Gari(outide leg reap). actually the grocery bag is some protection and throwing it at him creates a diversion. getting in the car with him is a death sentence and i wouldn't do that under any circumstance.
the more prudent way would be to tell him that i'd give him my wallet but that i wouldn't get in the car with him. my guess is that if we argued long enough he'd pistol whip me and run.
Go willingly up to the car, then suddenly drop the groceries, run as fast as you can jinking left and right. Take cover behind every possible car, but only for a second or two. Never run out from behind the car in a patter, and get inside as quickly as possible. Even if you are shot, someone will still hear it and will call 911, but if you get in the car, no one will know you are gone for a while.
