[Bring_Back_Shantz]

I'm going to throw my hat into the CCW argument.
I think it's safe to say that I'm a pretty staunch gun person.
I own several firearms including handguns.

I've never once in my life thought "Gee, I think this would be a great time for me to be carrying a gun around in public"

I honestly don't understand the mentality of people who think that more people having more guns will make people safer.

Yes criminals will always have their guns, but I'm not too keen on having a bunch of regular folks packin heat. Yes they may be trained marksmen, but using a gun in self defence is entirely different than using it at the range. Cops are trained to use their firearms in this way, and that is why they are entrusted to cary weapons. Joe public is not, and I don't trust him to be carrying a weapon so he can "Protect" himself or me.
I'd like to think that I'm a pretty good marksmen, and I KNOW I'm a responsible and law abiding gun owner, but even I don't want people like me carrying concealed (or unconcealed for that matter) weapons whenever they or I feel like it.