Mike,

>Let's ensure EVERYONE has a gun. That way when some crook pulls a gun, 50 other people pull one and no cops and no army required. Nobody would pull a gun if they would be outnumbered 5, 10 or 50 to one. Seems to me this is the heart of the "glory" of the Old West.

If everyone has a gun, then it only takes one nutcase to cause a bloodbath. If noone has a gun then no-one will get killed by a gun. Even if a robber has a gun, he won't use it unless neccesary, so no deaths either. And if two oposing camps have guns, you can be pretty sure there is blood going to flow...

You don't have to be einstein to see this.

Walter,