Everyone should have a gun. Not necessarily carry one, but have the option to if they so choose. Guns are used because people are scared of them and they give the criminal power. When people are no longer scared of them, they loose a great deal of their intimidating power. It would be much easier for me to jump in my car and drive through a crowd of people, killing dozens, but there is no worry of that happening??? I believe that “crazed shooters” do so because they will get noticed and put on the national news if they do that. Ted makes a good point about instances of people being stopped from their rampages. We never hear about those on the national news - why not??? The root of the problem is fear. Fear of guns. Fear of being sued. Inability to protect yourself and reliance on the government and police to do it for you. Look at how the fear of a box cutter allowed terrorists to hijack jumbo jets.
Banning guns in the US is not only a bad idea, but practically impossible. I have pulled my gun on someone before, and thankfully I didn’t have to use it. I’m just glad that the situation was different - like I didn’t have a gun due to laws. Well, you know what they say, “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.”