Unkotare
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Your trying to make the films a referendum on 2nd Amendment rights doesn't fit. Trying way too hard.
The Mexican villagers couldn't afford guns and ammunition , and couldn't shoot straight if they had them (as the film makes clear). They had to try and make use of other skills.
Yes....they were unarmed...my point.........and the Japanese farmers were also unarmed......by law.....but the old west...everyone had a weapon of some sort and could shoot......so how are they going to make the town vulnerable to the outlaws?
Did you ever watch the Seven Samurai?
It wasn't that the farmers were unarmed- it was that they didn't know how to fight- and didn't want to fight for themselves.
The farmers had weapons and armor-
However, the six samurai are angered when Kikuchiyo brings them armor and weapons, which the villagers most likely acquired by killing injured or dying samurai.
Thread fail- but always good to remind people of what a great movie the Seven Samurai is
Do you know anything about Feudal Japan.....non Samurai could not train in weapons, especially the Sword and Bow...if they were caught they could be executed on the spot.....the weapons and armor were illegal for them to own.......
.... the old west...everyone had a weapon of some sort and could shoot...........
In the Old West gunfights were actually very rare. Most people could probably shoot as well as me (which is to say not at all). A group of professional killers would be as impossible to overcome for them as it would be for you today.
Sorry......the situation is not the same between Japanese farmers...completely disarmed by their feudal rulers, and American farmers and ranchers in the American west.....all of whom would have had some form of firearm, at least a rifle of some sort....
Do you know where the weapons of Okinawan martial arts come from?
If you want to use movies as a reference, ever see High Plains Drifter?
Yes......the nobility of Okinawa was disarmed by the Japanese.....so they had to improvise.......
Are you getting it yet?