What if they all had guns?

Question

I just read a blog on this VT massacre and how it was because it "was so easy for him to get a gun".I was wondering if everyone had a gun whether the death rate would have been so high?I'm just trying to use the reasoning of all the people that want tighter gun control and some even want laws that no individual can legally own a handgun.I just thought what if the law was that everyone HAS to carry a hand gun.What would that do to crime?

Answer 1

Somebody earlier made a point that the benefit to Cho of the school shooting was that he was firing on students he knew were defenseless. You do not see Cho going to a military base and executing soldiers for his own personal causes he demonstrated on videotape. You will not see a killer like Cho or the Columbine shooters walk into a police station and start blazing with armed cops in the building. Why?

Gee, I wonder. These killers are not looking for a fair fight.

Answer 2

Well, there was a town in Texas…(can’t remember the name of the town) but they were having a problem with home burglaries. So the town got together and decided that everyone should have a gun in the house. The town provided classes on Gun Safety to teach people how to use the guns and they advertised all over the state what they were doing and that every citizen in this town was packing a gun.

The crime rate dropped to Zero.

Think about it this way, if you were going to commit a crime against someone, would you go some place that you know didn’t allow people to carry guns or someplace where almost everyone carried a gun.

Answer 3

how about a wish lists... marlin SBL 45/70 lever action, pair of nickel m1911 a1's, BFR chambered in 45/70, S&W 500 mag, STI match master, maybe a pair of single actions in 45 colt, a quality rifle in 338 lapua, a 30-06 that i can shoot (not the old Winchester) a new .270, and better 22 that doesn't have the accuracy problems after 20 rounds a 357 or 44 with a 2 inch barrel, currently searching for one... Not sure about shotguns, but definitely a slug gun, perhaps an 870 or a 500 for home defense, My issue is I have several never been fired guns, and I'm not about to start with those, like the Winchester 70 from 1940, will not ever shoot that, and that the economy sucks, and I just started.

Answer 4

The statistics are already in, but the Media don't want you to see them. Legal gun ownership in the US reduces crime, again and again.


If you outlawed all guns and went around and had the police pick up every single gun in the USA, there would be guns coming in the next day.

Outlawing guns makes about as much sense and will have about the same affect as outlawing weed.

Anyone that thinks this will work is a retard.

Answer 5

Firearms aren't for everyone. I don't want anyone messing with my right to them, but some people just don't do well with them. What we do need is education and better enforcement of the laws we currently have. If everyone had a gun, I'd be scared. I know of a few people with short fuses who definitely don't need access to firearms when they blow their top. By the way, there is still a law on the book that states every good law abiding citizen shall carry a gun to church on Sunday. To me that's funny. Good question. Hope you get some good answers.

Answer 6

In a nation the size of the United States, compulsory possession of guns is impractical, and would never come to pass.

However, a sane and responsible population that can behave as adults and not draw their weapons does exist in the US.

They are gun owners like myself who know the difference between right and wrong.

We also know when and where deadly force needs to occur. Had this foreign student confronted an armed and trained gun owner, this disaster would have had far different results.

The pity is, while the college did have a student gun club, the laws prevented the presence of their guns on campus. A distinction the foreign student didn't bother with.

Answer 7

If the other students had guns, the crazy would have died after his first or second shot. But wait, VT campus is a "gun free zone"...so he had little to worry about.

Bottom line: Cho decided to attack the defenseless in an environment where he had the upper hand.

Answer 8

There would be less MASS murder scenes... Polytechnique (Québec), Dunblane (United Kingdom), Jonesboro (Arkansas), Columbine (Colorado), Nickel Mines (Pennsylvania), Dawson College (Québec), Virginia Tech (Blacksburg), Amish School shooting,Columbine, ALL GUN FREE ZONES....
Mass killings were rare when guns were easily available, while they have been increasing as guns have become more controlled. In the early 20th century, guns were easily available to common people in all civilized countries; in many cases, individuals could freely carry them concealed. These countries included England, Canada, many parts of the U.S., and France. In fact, before the 60s, mass killings were rare.


Dunblane occurred in a society where, after seven decades on increasing gun controls, it was very difficult for a simple citizen to own guns, especially handguns, and illegal to carry them virtually anywhere. Similarly, Dawson occurred after 15 years of galloping gun control, to the point where, in Canada, it is even illegal to bear arms on your own property. Even in the U.S., which has been leading the way in the horror stories, federal gun controls have increased nearly continuously since the 1960s, and none of the massacres was committed by people who were legally allowed to have guns where there. In fact, these killings typically occur in gun-free zones.

Answer 9

Here's an idea for all those nuts who argue that America would be safer if we all just carried guns to protect ourselves ..........

Let's start by re-distributing all of America's 20,000 nuclear bombs to the poorly armed non-nuclear nations of the world. Let's start by giving away 15,000 of America's nuclear bombs to North Korea, Iran, Trinidad, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Mozambique, Leichtenstein, Cuba, Serbia, Brazil, Tonga, The Cape Verde Islands, Andorra, Spain, Morocco, Jordan, The Palestinian Authority, Hamas, New Zealand, Portugal, Iceland, The Congo, etc.......

Remember - only when we are all better armed and each of us has the ability to defend ourselves with lethal force can we hope to life freely and safely in our society. Wouldn't the world be a safer place then? The logic is the same.

Answer 10

If the other students had guns, someone would have shot the nutcase early on and saved most of the carnage. But those who were ABIDING BY THE LAW didn't have guns. One more gun law would not have stopped him from displaying his illegal side. Outlaws disregard laws.
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