I love Tom Tomorrow, but I have to disagree with this strip.
Had the "gun nutz" won, virtually every American desiring the privilege would be able to concealed carry a handgun basically everywhere. In that instance, there is NO WAY that an insane gunman would be able to bust into a crowded room with a Glock 17 and shoot almost 20 people. He would have been stopped much sooner. He certainly wouldn't have been able to re-load.
Instead, he targeted a location where law-abiding civilians were not allowed to exercise concealed-carry privileges 9purportedly there were signs on the doors announcing that guns were not allowed at the rally). Not to sound trite, but he chose a situation where "guns were outlawed, so only outlaws had guns."
The deterrence potential of having an unknown fraction of the populace covertly armed at all times is significant.
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Date: 2011-01-12 04:57 pm (UTC)Had the "gun nutz" won, virtually every American desiring the privilege would be able to concealed carry a handgun basically everywhere. In that instance, there is NO WAY that an insane gunman would be able to bust into a crowded room with a Glock 17 and shoot almost 20 people. He would have been stopped much sooner. He certainly wouldn't have been able to re-load.
Instead, he targeted a location where law-abiding civilians were not allowed to exercise concealed-carry privileges 9purportedly there were signs on the doors announcing that guns were not allowed at the rally). Not to sound trite, but he chose a situation where "guns were outlawed, so only outlaws had guns."
The deterrence potential of having an unknown fraction of the populace covertly armed at all times is significant.