Thoughts about weapons

If I had to choose between sleeping in a room at night that had a person in it who had a weapon but didn't want to kill me and a person who didn't have a weapon but who wanted to kill me, I'd choose the former.  

I probably have chosen the former on numerous occasions without knowing it.  I have never chosen the latter; I mostly try to get along with people, and I hope that I would also be that way if I were bigger.