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My largest complaint to all of this is, a majority of the people who own guns do NOT need them for any purpose.
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So people don't need to protect themselves? The average response in an urban area for police to arrive in response to a 911 call is over 10 minutes. My question is, what can a criminal do to you or your wife in 10 minutes provided you can get to a phone to make that 911 call? Pretty gruesome, huh? Police are not a protection from violent acts, but are there to apprehend criminals. Only one person can protect you. You. My belief is that everyone except felons and the mentally handicapped (includes illegal drug users) should have a gun and should be able to carry them. The next time some idiot decides to go on a shooting spree, it would end abruptly!
What you would say to that? You would say that if my wish became reality that there would be a huge rise in shootings. This has been proven to not be the case in the US. In the 30 states that allow concealed carry licenses, violent crime has dropped by 10 percent or more. (stats provided by economist and researcher, John Lott)
The truth is, as I stated above, America is safer when the criminals do not know who is armed.