"Stefan Viljoen" <pov### [at] polardcom> wrote in message
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> Thus the argument that "if everybody was armed, it would have turned out
> differently" still holds true. Merely being a soldier on a military base
> doesn't necessarily mean you are armed, no more than being a civilian in a
> country that allows citizens private firearms means you are armed at any
> given moment.

And you trust civilians will be so much more diligent in being armed *and*
better trained? If someone can kill 13 in a military complex in the blink of
an eye, what chance do grandma and Mr. CouchPotato stand? If we are going to
believe in a utopic society where every citizen is armed, trained and
sensible, why not believe in a utopic one where nobody needs a gun?

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