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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Also capable of retrieving said concealed weapon - for women often in a purse not in a holster - aiming, and firing before the offender notices and can aim and fire.
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What? You mean you don't think a woman can get her gun out of her purse, prepare the gun to fire, aim and fire faster than crazyguy with an assault weapon?
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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
I think an important point being overlooked is the mental health / emotional state of the person with the gun. Clearly in the Columbine and VT shootings the shooters were very emotionally unstable people. They dealt with their emotions by shooting and killing people.
I'd much rather have legislation that improves mental health services than promoting guns on campus.
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Yes!!
And I think this goes directly to the deterrent effect, at least for the Columbine/VaTech-type incident. We're talking about irrational people to begin with, and often people who intend to die in the incident anyway. They won't be deterred by the fact that others will have guns; more likely, they'll just take that into account and plan accordingly.