Five years after Tech, still waiting for gun reform.

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Originally Posted by Riot

The American Dream for some is that every citizen is armed and packing all the time. Think of the crime that would eliminate!

It actually would eliminate a lot of crime. There are well over 200 million legally owned firearms in the U.S. What fraction of the legal ones are used in any crime over any measurable length of time? A very miniscule fraction - like 0.000001 % or something.

Make it personal - if you were so inclined - would you attack a person (or group) if you thought they were armed? How about a bank holdup for example? It's a lot easier when you figure nobody except possibly the uniformed guard is armed, so you bring 3 guys with you, one is a lookout, one or two take down or incapacitate the guard, and one gets the money from the teller.

Now try that when half a dozen or more customers in the bank have a gun, as do people working the platform (loans, account open/close, etc), tellers. It would be SUICIDE to try a bank robbery. What are they going to do, bring 12 guys to get the same small amount of money?