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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (6098)	2/16/2001 6:08:12 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Crime can be deterred merely by the possibility that you (or a bystander) might have a gun. That makes sense. Everyone would not need one, just enough so that potential criminals would find it too much of a risk. I wonder what the critical mass for that would be. Somewhere between 50 and 75 percent, I would guess, would have to carry, but not everyone. I wonder, though, if the tactical advantage wouldn't erode over time. Criminals would just get bigger guns or shoot first rather than take the chance. Carrying looks like a slippery slope to me, not like a solution. I don't know about this problem. There are just too many guns around already and too much of a culture of gun use to get rid of them. I wouldn't even try. I think this chipping away at guns that the lefties try is just silly. On the other hand, the thought of all of us living like some old western movie is chilling. I'm not much of a highbrow, but I do appreciate civilization. Karen