Near term - way too many guns on the street. Easier to get a gun then a library book. Clearly something wrong there.
It will take much too long to get "loose" guns reined in. Personally, I think thugs would think twice if someone may actually shoot back at them. No not the crazies, the pseudo-gangstas.
Jury's still out on the Trayvon thingy isn't it? Plus, the wanna-be cop should never have been given permission to carry a weapon. But Tray didn't know that. Perhaps should not have tested him to find out if indeed that is what happened.
There undoubtedly will be more such events. Perhaps some of these events would end with much fewer dead if a good person had a weapon. I think this is true. There is evidence of such events where the perpetrator was denied his "full tally".
If I were in that CO theater, I think I'd prefer to throw lead instead of popcorn. How about you? Realistically. You know these events will happen again. They are increasing in number. What would you rather be hurling at that very moment? Until we see a REAL solution in place, assault weapons are a good place to start banning. Meantime, getting concelaed weapons to proven very responsible people would give the bad guys some pause and save many lives during the interim.
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