Quote:The point is that you really can't eliminate the risk, freedom is messy, and we do our best to walk the line between safety and freedom knowing that guys like this are out there and want to kill us.

No argument there. I like the idea of increasing the ability for individuals to carry concealed, even though I think that might lead to an overall increase in gun violence. I don't own a gun, and don't plan on it, but the idea of a few folks who are so minded having means to stop a bloodbath has some appeal to me. The only real change that might affect things would be eliminating assault weapons from purchase altogether, and I don't see that happening in our political climate.

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