Smiling JOe
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punzy, that is one funny gun story. If he was shooting at the house from the car, you probably saved the house from greater damage from bullets.
Back to the right to carry thing. I don't want people to think that I am encouraging people to begin packing heat. That is the last thing I want to see, especially in a place where it isn't needed. Earlier you ask a question of how many people would have been shot if students on VT campus were allowed to carry. The answer varies greatly. Maybe, Cho would have never went on the killing spree, knowing that people might defend themselves with their own guns. Another scenario could be that after Cho fired the first shot at a student, someone could have put him down in returned fire. A third possibility, and very likely one is the one you present, where people hear gunfire and everyone starts pulling out a gun and shooting every suspicious looking person who looks like they want to pull the trigger, creating a chain effect of people shooting the innocent person who had killed the original shooter.
I wish I was good at remembering movie titles, as there is a good story about this, in a somewhat okay movie, made at least 10-15 years ago, where the country goes into a state of panic, and everyone is packing heat, and no one wants to be the last person to pull the trigger.
Carrying a gun, or even keeping one in your home carries much responsibility. I think most people will choose not to take on that burden, and nuts will always be nuts. Unless things change, I'll continue to carry my pocket knife for opening packages, envelopes, beer bottles, trimming fishing line, and if ever needed, for defending myself or others against an armed villian.
Back to the right to carry thing. I don't want people to think that I am encouraging people to begin packing heat. That is the last thing I want to see, especially in a place where it isn't needed. Earlier you ask a question of how many people would have been shot if students on VT campus were allowed to carry. The answer varies greatly. Maybe, Cho would have never went on the killing spree, knowing that people might defend themselves with their own guns. Another scenario could be that after Cho fired the first shot at a student, someone could have put him down in returned fire. A third possibility, and very likely one is the one you present, where people hear gunfire and everyone starts pulling out a gun and shooting every suspicious looking person who looks like they want to pull the trigger, creating a chain effect of people shooting the innocent person who had killed the original shooter.
I wish I was good at remembering movie titles, as there is a good story about this, in a somewhat okay movie, made at least 10-15 years ago, where the country goes into a state of panic, and everyone is packing heat, and no one wants to be the last person to pull the trigger.
Carrying a gun, or even keeping one in your home carries much responsibility. I think most people will choose not to take on that burden, and nuts will always be nuts. Unless things change, I'll continue to carry my pocket knife for opening packages, envelopes, beer bottles, trimming fishing line, and if ever needed, for defending myself or others against an armed villian.