“Military action undertaken in self-defense is certainly justifiable (Alma 48:14–15, 23–25; 53:10–17), so we are made to appreciate just how great a sacrifice the Anti-Nephi-Lehies made by burying their weapons of war. Some have wondered if this act gave rise to the Native American tradition of ‘burying the hatchet’ as a sign of making peace. These amazing people would rather have their own lives taken than take another’s life” (Ogden and Skinner, Book of Mormon, 1:434).