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You guys made some good points, and obviously there are some pros and cons to such a law. Obviously, not everyone agrees with this, but I believe that if everyone is carrying a gun, the criminal would not want to shoot, since he would know about five others would shoot back. Of course, if everyone had a gun, and two people got mad enough at each other, they could easily start a fight and get guns involved (if it were heated enough). Then there's the dangers of having a gun in the house. Anyone else hear about the tragedy that happened on Mother's Day? Apparently, a kid accidentally shot his father in the head on Mother's Day. Of course, this was the dad's fault in a way for not keeping his gun in a safe place. But a lot of owners will keep a loaded gun on their drawers or something, close to their bed, easily reachable by anyone...even their kids? There's also the chance that kids see it and thing of it as a 'toy,' then one shoots the other and it happens to be live!
I dunno, there are so many pros and cons to having a live gun in the house.
But then there's the issue discussed in this article about Virginia Tech. There were 32dead, and 15 wounded before he turned the gun to his own head. Now, people say stuff like, if the students had guns, then maybe they would have shot the guy and stopped the violence early. Personally, I feel giving every student a gun is a dumb idea..... What I would suggest though is maybe giving the teachers, librarians, etc guns. Maybe this would solve such issues? They would of course have to have it in a hidden place and always watch it though lol, otherwise...well, you know, wouldn't be good.
That's just my say though :/
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