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Originally Posted by GundamFan0083
Clearly, just like in the Oregon mall shooting, had an officer or CCW permit holder been at that school, things may have turned out much differently.
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Or they might just have been another casualty or caused collateral damage. I believe guns can be useful for home defense, but amateur heroics is often best left to trained law enforcement officers.
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Originally Posted by GundamFan0083
Jared Laughner is certainly one of those that just snapped, so some of these insane individuals do act in the manner as you suggest, but many do not.
Thus we see before us here in the US a very complicated issue that cannot be solved by some simplistic assault on the rights of people who will never committ such an act, as the vast numbers of gun owners, 80-100,000,000+, clearly illustrates.
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Depends on the measures and proportionality. For example I think cool-off periods before purchase can be quite sensible to prevent crime passionel's while not overly impacting gun-owners rights. Mandatory training for gun use and storage doesn't sound like a bad idea either. With rights come responsibility, and not every gun owner will take responsibility without a little nudge.