Proper training is the only thing missing. If we had more readily available training things for people interested in buying guns, then tables would indeed get turned.

You can't say a person defending themselves would put people in more danger....they were all in danger no matter what. I'd prefer someone next to me shooting back any day of the week....plus your example to me relates to someone new to guns. Whos to say its not someone that has had a gun for years?

Its just like carrying a knife. If I feel threatened at all walking around, my first instinct is to reach into my pocket and hold my pocket knife in my hand....If I had the money, I'd gladly already own a hand gun and have a concealed weapons permit, and be at the range getting comfortable with it as much as possible.

No not everyone needs a gun, no not everyone is trust worthy with it, and yes some people would panic and not think to use it properly, but I'm saying including training with it would help a ton. To me, my first instinct would be to protect my girlfriend at any cost.

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On your second note, I want to look it up, but there was a show on the science channel about how the brain works. It talked about how people "become" or are "born" psychopaths. Basically they have absolutely no emotional ties to anything. They interviewed a guy that said he needs constant reminded that something is bad, and even openly admitted if he were to kill someone, he wouldn't care at all. Said it does scare him, because he gets the thoughts, but keeps it under control.

edit; Also don't get me wrong, my thoughts and prayers go out to all the ones involved, and I'm not attacking your opinion at all either.

But there is guns which is the point I was making. If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

@rufustheking, yeah but at least with a knife they have to get close; an you have a reasonable chance of being able to avert being stabbed, especially if you've done self defence of some kind to a reasonable level, but you can't dodge bullets, well you could try to get out of the way but you couldn't literally dodge them; hell it's easier to move out of the way of a car than a bullet due to it's size and speed, either way it's a shame we have to hear/watch out for these nutjobs who seem to feel they can kill people out to enjoy themselves just because they feel like it

@Extermin8or

See you are thinking the nutjobs would go around screaming and weilding a knife and you would see him coming be able to do something about it. I'd say they wouldn't give you a chance and stab you in the neck randomly on the street and run off stabbing other people.

The thing the pisses me off about this whole thing now is that some people are blaming the batman films and the comics for causing this. the media cause people like this, cause all they are after is the fame for going on killing sprees and the media want a nice juicy story to show.