Originally Posted by Txjake

TM made a fatal mistake attacking GZ, he thought he'd kick some ass and walk home with another beat down to his cred. oops. I guess he forgot some folks carry guns.

People used to take ass whuppings b/c we didn't have as strong self defense laws as we do now. The new laws have taken the "let's kick that dude's ass" component out of the equation for many instances. Dude may decide that "hey, I might get beat to death here" and pop a cap on his attackers and be perfectly within his rights.