And if twenty percent of the people had guns, a shooter would be shot before they could wreak too much havoc.
And just like the car jackings that were an every day thing in 73, within a couple of weeks after the governor in Louisiana told people to arm themselves, and the news changed to reports of gutshot carjackers flopping around, bleeding and screaming in the street, why, carjacking became a rare thing..

The shooters want to kill a buncha people.
Take away their favorite weapons and they will change to something else.
My second amendment rights aren't up for debate.
We've been doing it the lefty way.
It's not working.
Instead of you lefties continuing to demand more restrictions on law abiding citizens, how about we try it the smart way?
All you science lovers need to admit the facts.
More citizens are packing heat than at any time I can find. And crime is dropping.
More guns actually Does diminish crime.

In an active shooter situation, would YOU prefer to be armed?

Lie to me.
Say you'd prefer to be unarmed and defenseless.

So you're good with being unarmed when someone starts shooting.
But, since
Adding Guns to the equation is not the right answer, you wouldn't call the cops.

You can explain to the families of dead kids in school shootings how it's better to have
No Gun Zone signs than armed teachers.

Every major American urban community has been under the control of your "adults" for decades and are sh!tholes.
Your adults ate celebrating 11 year old children with obvious mental issues who call themselves a different gender rather than face reality.
Your adults have run virtually every major university for decades and despite cost escalating to ridiculous amounts, student debt is unprecedented because your adults pandered to children promising them a career in Drama with a minor in Eastern European Arts.
Your adults in California have regulated power companies with hyped climate change  scenarios to the point that the solution is cutting power to aging equipment to avoid fires in areas under strict management by more of your adults who've yielded to wacho environmentalists rather than manage the land for human occupation.

You're a child who has a clever way of writing. But you're still a child free to be foolish under the protection of adults, at least for a while longer.

Mass Shootings are a tragedy and a by-product of societal changes.

Removing the historical 2nd Amendment Right from US citizens (which is the thing that will help maintain this Republic) is not the solution. This is a knee-jerk response from leftist who refuse to acknowledge their roll in this.

I agree with you Eegore, but this gun banning thing has taken hold as one of those talking points the Left won't let up on.  There are at least 300 millions guns in the US, maybe as many as 400 million. How many semi-autos? I don't know, 100 million? 99.99% (insert how ever many number of 9's you want) are never used illegally. Stop wasting time talking about scary looking AR's. It's a good way to make it seem like you give a F, but it really just means you'e blabbing...  Keep in mind, the majority of gun crime is located in a few zip codes in each major urban area. Stop acting like you're going to get shot if you step out of your car.  

I've got no problem with schools recruiting a certain percentage of their staff to be trained and armed. I think that's a great idea.  If you don't, then all you want is to create fear over the issue of mass school shootings to beat your political opponent over the head with. You don't want a solution.

The more I read topic,s about guns the more I think banning all weapens is absolutely nessesary.
If even the cops have lost al sens of proportion and shoot innocent people in their own homes......

Those constitutions are drawn up in a completely different era. It is now time for America and its inhabitants to approach their problems in a different way.
I say to hell wiht your rights.Naked to the bone and start sweeping.

America has created a global climate in which terrorism thrives. This unhealthy condition is also bad for children. Where do you think you should start?

"The second amendment is about making the citizens safe from the government, should that ever go bad."

I don't expect my AR to stop a Carrier Group from leveling every power plant, water treatment, Hospital, Fuel and Food supply in my area.  Personal firearms won't stop the US Government.  Guns won't stop biological attacks.

Then why do we have any problems in the Middle East? Why didn't we just simply wipe Afghanistan off the map? Why didn't we just drop a small tactical nuke on numerous terrorists camps instead of trying to fly a missile through a tent flap I think is what the phrase was. Why are we still losing troops from IED's, suicide bombers etc...

It's because we will not bring the full weight of the military down. Many soldiers would refuse the order. You think little Tommy who grew up in Omaha is going to push the button that drops bombs on his city?

Nope. Government troops would have to go door to door like we did in our war on terror and what we're doing overseas still. Yea, AR's will be very effective.

Wow, you changed your mind.
I think that's great, but I don,t want them. Maybe you can hand them in at the police station?