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I tend to disagree with a couple of your premises.
First of all, "All the crazies are mixed in with the sane gun owners" implies that we are hip deep in violent nut cases. The reality is we are not. Assuming a rate of 4 mass murder events per year, and a population of over 360 million, that's only a mass murderer nut case rate of 0.000001%
Second, "Would you wish that you had a weapon...?" Rachel, you're a wonderful example of the gentler sex. Unfortunately, that means you have "victim" stamped all over you. The proper response throughout millenia has been to kill the robber/mugger/rapist/murderer, if you have the means to do so. The vast majority of people would be saying, "If I only had a gun." And they'd be right.
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