Of course it is. What's the alternative? The state, with due process and a mandatory trial by your peers, is really the only thing worth entrusting with a righ

Of course it is. What's the alternative? The state, with due process and a mandatory trial by your peers, is really the only thing worth entrusting with a right to violence. It certainly isn't perfect, but at least we control it, and it works mostly in our collective best interest.