[harmmonica]

I was asking, given that it’s unlikely that guns are going to be further controlled, what hope is there for stemming gun violence. Maybe you’re saying gun violence goes down the more the honorable are armed? It’s a genuine question. Not sure you were attempting to answer that particular question.

Like I said, loaded topic. Trying to avoid charged language so please take my words as sincere.

[therein]

Yeah, pretty much exactly that. An armed individual who wants to do harm with that firearm would be a lot less likely to act on it if he knows there are 10 armed good samaritans around him.

If you're in the opinion you're the only person likely to have a weapon on yourself, the stakes and balance change entirely.

[orwin]

He is also incentivized to use it before the 10 good samaritans do. And police is incentivized to use it before he does. Also, police cannot arrest someone because he carries a fully loaded machinegun.

I'm not against guns, i think the open carry of the BPP did way more for human rights than MLK and the civil right movement, but the fact that you can carry loaded war weapons and not be arrested for it in some states is fascinating to me.