MAMEWorld Forums - Welcome to the War Room - Re: southern Ohio's yee haw sheriff on Fox last month

> Now. Lets take a person that has your best interests in mind. Doesn't want any harm
> to come to anyone. They also have a gun on their person. Are you implying they'd be
> just as much of a threat as another person that is looking to do anyone harm...
> simply because they're in possession of a firearm?

I've said this before, I'll say it again: angry men do stupid things; angry men with guns do stupid things with guns. The more accessible the gun is, the less chance their is that a person who's snapped will have a chance to rethink before they use it inappropriately. You can say the same thing about knives, or things that can be used to inflict blunt trauma like baseball bats, but it's far easier to get out of the way of a knife or a baseball bat than a bullet.

Also, any gun you're carrying in a situation where you're likely to end up in a crowd is a gun that someone else could take and use against you. If you're not carrying a gun, there's no possibility of someone opportunistically taking it and misusing it.

Teachers with guns aren't going to make crazy people think twice about doing this kind of shit anyway. This is a pretty common pattern in mass shootings. A mentally ill person attaches themselves to a cause, decides the world is against them, and shoots up the town. You see it over and over.

Martin Bryant decided that the world was out to make his family's life miserable, and shot up Port Arthur.
Anders Breivik attached himself to white nationalism.
Man Haron Monis flipped from Shia to Sunni Islam, decided he was an ISIS member, and held up a Sydney café.
Elliot Rodger decided that the whole world was out to get him, and he'd go out with a bang.

These people are not rational - armed teachers won't deter them. It's just guaranteeing there's a gun in a situation where you don't want them.