>Sure, but who is the "knucklehead" ?? Everyone can become one. Just by preventing that just everyone owns a gun will prevent these situations. Every honest man can be turned into a bank robber if he is exposed to certain conditions, even you as a law officer.
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>I forgot the links (maybe tracy can come up with a few), but the argument for defense does not cut it at all. The chance that you are able to put of robbers by the use a gun is very slim. If you do pull a gun you have about 40 times larger chance you'll be hurt rather than the criminal.
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Training, training, training. If a criminal attacks me and I defend myself, he has statistical problems, because I know what I am doing and will do what it takes to go home that night.