Charles Gray wrote:

I think the problem is that many progun enthusiasts are taking the
experience of rural areas, and uncritically assuming you can transfer
that to urban areas. My family lived in a rural community where guns
were omnipresent, and it was a polite community...and not one with a
lot of gunplay.
I live twenty miles outside of LA, and if everyone in LA had a gun,
every rush hour would be a mass slaughter. The two situations are
simply not comparable.

I think there would be an initial round of "slaughter". Some
innocent types consumed certainly, but a greater proportion
of violent types colliding with other violent types.

After the bloodbath, the survivors would be more civil, patient
and controlled in their conduct toward others. Crime rates
would plunge, and we'd have a more cvilized society again, if
for no other reason than fear that the other guy is faster on
the draw than you, thanks to ubiquitous public gun carrying.

A tough methodology for gaining civilized social behavior!


SMH