Victim disarmament zones

[aowen]

Originally Posted by Nikon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You also have to look at the fact that many of these public shootings happen in 'gun free' zones. So, you're average law-abiding gun carrier, does not have their gun. And like I said, in the mall shooting that happened in the past year, there was a guy that came out in the news as having his gun, but said what I said in my post earlier. They do these things in crowded public places to minimize the risk that someone can fight back without creating additional casualties in the process.

I think it would be strange to plan carrying a weapon into a batman premier. That to me would be consistent with the fear I was mentioning earlier, and would make me super uncomfortable if everyone was carrying guns around my child at school or sipping a soda next to me while watching Bruce Wayne whoop ass.

[Nikon]

Originally Posted by aowen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think it would be strange to plan carrying a weapon into a batman premier. That to me would be consistent with the fear I was mentioning earlier, and would make me super uncomfortable if everyone was carrying guns around my child at school or sipping a soda next to me while watching Bruce Wayne whoop ass.

I understand your point for sure, but I can almost guarantee you've sat down next to someone somewhere carrying a concealed weapon, and never knew it or felt unsafe. You could have been in a restaurant, a movie theater, or walking through Home Depot. You have the same or worse chances that the random guy in the room with a concealed gun is going to shoot you or your child as you do that the guy on the other side of you with a pocket knife is going to follow you out of the theater to rob you at knife point or stab you to steal your car.

I don't agree that teachers should be carrying guns, as that would make me uneasy with my child as well. And I firmly believe that they should make the requirements for carrying a gun much much more strict as far as training and certification.

The safety issue can definitely be argued both ways, but there are people that don't feel comfortable not having their gun with them be it from a previous life experience to themselves or someone else. How do you not infringe on their right to feel safe in order to make you feel safe? No matter how you look at it, or how 'crazy' you might think they are for feeling that way, you can't not infringe (fucking double negatives). So how can one person's feeling of safety trump another who doesn't necessarily share the same life experiences.