" The panacea of universal gun ownership."
Let me say: I don’t hate guns, I don’t think they should be totally banned, and two of my most liberal friends from college [ETA: and by “liberal” I really just mean leftist, one is practically a communist] own guns, but people who really love guns latch onto this idea without really thinking it too far through. Everyone in a bar, drinking, with guns? Bad idea. Period. Road rage, now with more guns? Also bad. Really bad. Maybe universal gun ownership will stop some mass shootings, maybe it will stop or prevent some crimes, but it will also enable a lot more shootings where they weren’t common before. I can just as easily imagine an “arms race” where criminals need to have Kalashnikov’s because they know everyone else is carrying pistols. Even if I were packing a gun 24-7 I could still get jumped from behind, my wallet AND my gun stolen, and I’m in the hospital with a skull fracture. There’s a lot more I could add, it’s just a bad idea. Period.
