An armed society is a “polite society” you say?
M’Ok...
““I don’t find you a monster, but what you did was monstrous. It was senseless, and it was cruel,” Judge Warren Granville said Friday.””
As you can see, this has nothing to do with an “armed society,” you made a foolish statement.
The monstrous act requires no weapon at all. Could have and probably would have, just strangled the driver if no weapon was available.