[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by Daradon

Guns just make it too easy to kill, and they often end up in the wrong hands. Either in kids hands, or criminals hands.

Yes that is one thing that guns do, make it easier to kill multiple targets. But legal or illegal, the wrong type of people are going to possess them. Even if we banned all gun manufactures, we would still have guns. Do you realize that gangs such as the HA's make their own guns? They have their own work shops.

A person may resort to a knife, and yeah, they'll probably find a single target they want. But you wont get mall shootings, club shootings, school shootings, freeway shootings, etc. You won't have multiple deaths (or at least at the same level a shooter can affect mayham)

Single target? How did the Rwandan genocide occure again? Oh ya, machetes and hoes. 911, Oklahoma bombings. Most mass killings are done with bombings.

Regarding the post above, the last argument about Good Samaritan types being armed is just absurd. There's no evidence that people being armed will make them more likely to act or being unarmed makes a person less likely to act. Not only is there no evidence, the argument doesn't make a lot of logical sense either.

You may be right that having armed civilians does not reduce gun violence in general, but me personally, I would rather have a firearm on me incase someone threatens my life or my families life so that I could defend them instead of being helpless.