What are ways society protects citizens from hostile individuals/ groups EXCLUDING jail and capital punishment

Answer 1

you can't. look how peoples moods can change from happy to mad or sad, just by a unwelcome comment from someone. for the most part, we can be very unstable. you just don't know what a person is going to do. the only way to protect one self is to isolate yourself. that is not realistic.

this is true of animals. i don't know how many times i've heard "don't worry, this dog doesn't bite/attack" and years later it ends up biting a kid or in some situation where the dog was in now way being threatened.

and realisitcly speaking, to protect is to defend from attack. unless we know when the attack is coming, its not possible to protect. prevention can only go so far. all people evolve, their ideas evolve, so even with the lastest advances, they're already coming up with ways of getting past it.

Answer 2

Give everyone guns, Good people will stop the Bad