Dades wrote on Aug 10, 2012, 17:55:

Agent.X7 wrote on Aug 10, 2012, 17:18:
Yes, people declare the bloody end every time something happens with guns. Crazily enough, it's never happened. Oh no! The assault weapon ban was lifted! The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Mass murder every day of the week....oh, wait, it didn't happen. BUT IT COULD HAVE!

Give me a break.

I love hunting and have been doing it most my life but people shouldn't carry concealed weapons of any kind in public places without incredibly stringent requirements on training and mental faculty for decision making. It has nothing to do with gun control debates or how people feel about vigilantism, it's just about human nature. Most people do not make good decisions under stress and stressful situations become dangerous when people have weapons. Conceal carry permits go partway to addressing this but fail to take into account situations where someone with adequate training could still be influenced by outside factors. It also makes things a lot more difficult for law enforcement.

People having weapons will rarely prevents situations like this, it is the price of having a society. There will always be social outliers, people with mental problems and sociopaths who will find a way to hurt others. That is why we have law enforcement, mental health care and a justice system. It doesn't always work right but for the most part we all muddle through.