I agree with that. I don’t own a gun and may or may not ever own one. One thing that makes perfect sense to me is that these thugs think they can get away with their diabolical plans due to the fact that most people don’t carry. They know that in schools even fewer people are likely to carry. Now if you allow everyone to carry a gun then it makes their chances of perpetration much less significant.
Think of it hypothetically this way, if someone wants to rob a bank at gunpoint they put their faith in the chance that they are more heavily armed than anyone in the bank. If the robber has any reason to believe that even little granny may be packing then he is much less likely to risk his life for a few bucks. That guy would not likely have attempted what he did had he thought he might only kill one or two before being taken out by someone. He wouldn’t have received the publicity he planned to get all along by going big and killing dozens.
You can take a neighboring country for a somewhat of a comparison to an extreme situation. Although Mexico has never been known to be one of the more crime free states, it outlawed guns and now any drug gang can perpetuate kidnappings, murder (of city officials even), and trafficking as they please. They have all the guns and have corrupt leverage over the police that are the only group that can check them. That is not the greatest comparison in the world but an example of what could come to be if the good people who would only protect themselves and their families are not allowed to.
Even though I don’t carry, I like the idea that I am kept safe from those people who would do me harm by the thought in the back of their heads that I may be the last person they try to wrong.
