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lol... You would feel safer from the government? Yah, they're the ones shooting up schools and robbing stores...

That whole 'well armed populous' adage is a little antiquated I think. While it may be a rationale to some to own a gun, thinking they're protected AND the government is in check, all that really does is fuel the concept of gun ownership being a preventative measure when it's not.

It's a combination of gun responsibility, education, saturation and the laws that keep the pupulous in check.

I watched this news piece about a campus that has allowed students to carry concealed handguns. (I don't know if it's in the same town or not) but the concept is just as sound. If someone pulls a gun to do harm, that person has to contend with the fact that someone in their class can stop them instantly. That's the point. Someone in their office, on the street, in the store...

Sure, having a gun doesn't (right now) necessarily mean the owner is responsibility and educated but with such an act in place, it would mean more people would be.