So, anybody deciding its time to arm themselves?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

55. To someone "rethinking" their position on gun control, they need to think a whole lot harder.

What exactly is different now? Why do you honestly feel that you, who never wanted a gun before, will somehow be safer now? Are you blissfully ignorant, or suddenly in denial of the statistics on how a gun in the home makes everyone there a whole lot LESS safe?

It does seem to me as those who have guns, those who defend gun ownership, those who think you need to have a gun to be safe, are actually promoting a culture of not safe. They are implicitly saying, "It's okay to kill others." Period, no real discussion. To me it's not a lot different from those who claim that what happened at Sandy Hook was a bunch of actors, those children never died.

I have NEVER felt as if I needed a gun. Maybe I'm in blissful ignorance. I've never lived in an extremely unsafe neighborhood, just sometimes ones that could have been safer than they were. I rode the public bus in the DC area, as late as 1 am, sometimes even later. I worked at DCA, Washington National Airport, as a ticket agent, and if the flights were late, oh well. I didn't own a car my first seven years there and took the bus. Over the years I was sometimes asked if I felt unsafe riding the bus. I'd always laugh and point out that anyone wanting to target me would give up in despair, because I never rode the same bus even two days in a row because of the vagaries of when I actually got off work.

I will say this. That so long as guns are legal in this country, each and every one of them should be registered. As should each and every gun owner. And each and every gun owner should pass some kind of safety thing each and every year. I don't know enough about guns to suggest just what that safety thing should be. Others who are more knowledgeable can offer suggestions.