Cool story bro, but my sister, my parents, my friends would never carry a gun. They just wouldn't, and neither would I. The only thing the Second Amenment does is give total strangers walking by me on the street the right to have guns, and to hide them from me. It does nothing to make me feel safer, and having a gun wouldn't make me feel safer, either.

You know what I fear most? People like you. Paranoid people who carry guns because they're afraid that the government is going to "come after them." Come off it, what do you think, that the government is going to enforce some kind of police state? That you and all of your fellow gun owners are going to march on Washington with your little handguns and "take back our country?" Do you think the military would allow that to happen? Do you think the police would allow that to happen? Do you think a bunch of civilians could OPPOSE the military if they took the side of the government?

You know what I fear most? People like you. Paranoid people who carry guns because they're afraid that the government is going to "come after them." Come off it, what do you think, that the government is going to enforce some kind of police state? That you and all of your fellow gun owners are going to march on Washington with your little handguns and "take back our country?" Do you think the military would allow that to happen? Do you think the police would allow that to happen? Do you think a bunch of civilians could OPPOSE the military if they took the side of the government?

To be fair, it is difficult to say just how often a gun wielding citizen has stopped a criminal from committing a crime, because we'll rarely hear about it. Similarly, we won't ever really know how often someone just flashing a gun to a criminal has stopped crime, because we won't hear about it. I'm not sure why you are distinguishing between stopping and preventing an incident; it would seem to me that in both cases, the law abiding citizen with a gun was the reason the massacre didn't happen. The massacres I hear about, such as this one, seem to always occur when there is no legal gun owner present, and obviously no cops or anything.

For everyone who wants a gun ban everywhere in the US; criminals could just go abroad to get guns. To everyone who wants a worldwide gun ban; good luck. It'd be great to live in a world with no guns, but that'll never happen.

For those of you who want to see permits for gun ownership, sure. I can live with that. I live in a state that requires you to get a permit if you want to conceal and carry a gun. The permit takes quite a while to get, and you have to go through a class about guns, gun safety, etc in order to get the permit, and I'm sure they check your background as well. You also need to be 21 or older. What I don't want to see is a requirement to register guns with the government.

You are so fucking ignorant. You've probably never shot an assualt rifle in you life and you are calling for a gun ban. I'm a law abiding citizen, I would never do this. But if I was in the movie  with my concealed carry, that guy would have been dead as soon as the first shot was fired.  And yes, to get a concealed carry you have to pass a test and go to classes. The only ones who abide by a gun ban are law abiding citizens. What would happen is more stuff like this where nobody can protect themselves.

and i have more than little handguns, thankyou.

You really think our military that SWEARS to defend the country from all foes foreign and DOMESTIC would enforce a gun ban? Think again, small minded pussy.

and i respect your decision not to own a gun, as i wish you had respect my right to own one.

So certain, are we? In the darkness of a crowded theatre, chaos and confusion, or are we now advocating for our rights to kill innocent bystanders while we enact vigilante justice?

You really think our military that SWEARS to defend the country from all foes foreign and DOMESTIC would enforce a gun ban? Think again, small minded pussy.