One other point people miss is that not everyone has to carry a gun but if those that seek to do harm CAN'T BE SURE IF THEIR PREY (or someone close by)has a weapon also, the glimmer of doubt always exists and who knows if that reduces the number of occurances....
I wish the media would suffer a news blackout for about 6 months and then lets see where we are......
Greg
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George Will "It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so" -Ronald Reagan