Patrick Elliott wrote:
> you have to be **willing** to use it, for it to matter at all.

This has also been shown not to be true. :-)

> All guns do is escalate the "worse" part, 

Not really. They level the playing field. Muggers don't attack people that 
look like the Terminator. They attack little old ladies. Unless the little 
old ladies probably have a gun.

> I imagine something of the same argument was made when someone worked 
> out how to make a spear, and they found a guy with one in his gut. "If 
> everyone has spears, this wouldn't have happened." Right....

Yes. And then they invented firearms. Shortly after, the feudal period ended.

The whole point of a gun is that it doesn't take a whole lot of physical 
training. The power to use the weapon comes from concealable sources.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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