The whole concept of carrying a gun to theoretically protect yourself from a theoretical attack is laughable to me. I couldn't imagine preparing myself for an event of that likelihood every day. It's like stockpiling supplies for the Apocalypse, attempting to minimize personal risk to the point of obsession. I would be much more dangerous to myself with a gun than anyone else. I would also be more concerned about getting killed by the police if I WAS carrying a gun than by a random individual if I wasn't.
Besides, arming the populace will do nothing to prevent these kinds of attacks. Maybe end them faster, but not prevent them in the first place, which I think could be much more effective. When you WANT to die, the fact that other people might have guns is no deterrent, and none of these shooters have any delusions about the fact that they're going to die. They shoot first; somebody's going to die no matter how many other guns are around. They are all estranged from a society that they believe has wronged them. Some people just don't want to deal with life, and some further are determined to take others with them. Ask why that is, and maybe in the answers lies a better solution than more guns.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I embrace it because it's real. violence exists and there is nothing you, nor I, can do about it. By ignoring it or pretending that it's not there is, to me at least, denying part of reality, living in denial, or just plain not being aware. That is surreal, ignoring reality.
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What kind of reality do YOU live in and who's fighting the war?