[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by _Q_

The movie theatre argument is ######ed. So a good portion out of the 300 or so people in the theatre are armed. Some lunatic, who has prepared in his head how everything is going down goes into a dark theatre and starts firing randomly, making sure to pay close attention to anyone who looks like they could possibly be pulling out a weapon. He goes in, first person is shot dead, chaos ensues, the killer starts firing randomly. Our friend Derek Sutton along with all his buddies from "So. Al" reach to pull out their guns, but the murderer, who has already killed several people notices this and kills maybe 5 of them. The other 30 people in the theatre manage to kill the shooter somehow, but with the sound of 30 or so guns going off everyone is still panicking and starts firing randomly towards anything that sounds like gun shots. Soon you have a theatre with maybe 50 people dead, 40 of them killed through "friendly fire".

On the other hand, in most of these scenarios around the world, the killer, after being inspired by months of depression and playing Call of Duty decides that he's going down in a ball of glory. He thinks "what better way of doing this than with an assault rifle?". He realizes that it's next to impossible to obtain one legally and he has no idea where he can steal one from. So still inspired by all this, puts in some effort looking for one on the black market. He finds an illegal arms dealer in the shady part of town and is told that an AR15 will cost him around $5000. Since he works at Burger King and spent all his money on video games and comic books he'll have to save up for 8 months to be able to purchase one. He sets out to do so as he's still mad at the world and still wants to go down in a moment of infamy. So in my scenario, one of 4 things can happen. 1) the police are tipped off while he was researching how to get a weapon. 2) the police are tipped off because the killer is showing extreme signs of anxiety through the 8 months of planning and saving. 3) During those 8 months, something positive happens in his life. Maybe he loses his virginity, maybe he makes some awesome friends, or maybe his family gets him some help. 4) He gets the gun, kills a bunch of people and then kills himself. Yes it is still possible for #4 to happen, but the chances are much lower of 1, 2 or 3 are present.

So at the end, I would much rather live in a society where guns are very difficult to obtain than to have to rely on a bunch of yahoo civilians with guns to ensure my safety.

I totaly agree with last two paragraphs, and see no reason for anyone in the general population to own a gun. In the US though, as I've said before, this is not the reality.

How different do you think that panic level would be between 5 shots or 50 shots? I predict total chaos not matter what.