An awful lot variables in there...AEA wrote:If the young girl at Yale had her CHL (or equivalent) and the law allowed carry in the killing zone of Yale, she may have had a chance of protecting herself from that lunatic that killed her!
She is dead because of her inability to protect herself due to idiots that we put into office that make the crazy laws.
Really such a shame.....and it will continue and only get worse in the current administration.
If she had a CHL and the law allowed carry....
she may have had a chance....
Sad, but very true, but I don't see CHL or the laws being updated/changed as being the be-all end-all to violence. Most people are taken by surprise. Most people (am guessing here) wouldn't get a CHL. Evidenced by the fact that we are a definite minority of the general population. We are even a minority among gun owners. Probably always will be.
If we were to go to the opposite extreme, and all 300+million in the country carried guns all the time, I think the rate of gun violence would escalate in that scenario. Right now, at least a smart crook has the fear of the unknown armed citizen to deal with. Knowing we were all armed would just make their tactics worse and fatalities higher. On both sides. I believe we are at war with crime, but that it is a war we will never totally win. I'm just trying to even the odds a little.
I understand the frustration, however. Another wonderful young life, a good and responsible person, removed in the most vile manner.
We all carry for personal reasons. And AEA, I certainly respect you, given the posts I have seen here. Please don't mistake this post as being confrontational. I believe we have much more in common than otherwise.
I am also a new freshman at the local university. It has an enrollment of 27,000+ this year. I wish I could carry there. At my age (44), I believe I can be respnsible on campaus when carrying under my CHL. I can assure you that I completely agree that every campus has the potential of being a major kill zone. I see the potential every day.