>>See http://www.ibtimes.com/us-gun-control-debate-what-can-we-learn-switzerland-732104 for a detailed description of the difference.
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>>Walter,
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>Snip from link:
>"In the case of Aurora, the argument is that Holmes could have been stopped quickly if one or more of the moviegoers had been carrying"
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>I've a feeling that, in reality, if other people had started shooting it would have ended in an armed equivalent of a bar-room brawl. Just general confusion as to who was shooting at who. Of course, whilst not reducing the level of gun ownership it would reduce the number of gun owners :-}

There is also the thought that he went specifically to that theater because it was one of the few that didn't allow concealed carry. Apparently, most places in Colorado will allow concealed carry as long as you can show the CC license. And of course, this leads directly into the whole 'if someone had been armed at the school....' argument. I still fall back to the question "What was going on in his life that he saw this as a reasonable response?"