There is a lot of talk lately about people having guns for protection. There was an article in the news this week about letting women on college campuses have guns to protect themselves from rape. I don't think this is a good idea. From my own college days, there are several people who I would have shot if I was drunk and had a gun, not that I was ever raped.
If guns can protect you from dangerous people, who is more dangerous than your friends and family? Everyone knows that you are more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by a stranger, unless you are unlucky enough to be around when a terrorist attacks. What the NRA should propose next is arming people at Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, Christmas, potlucks, Silvester (I still think of it as Silvester and not New Year's Eve) parties. Those are the times when you are most likely to be with your friends and family and therefore when you are most in danger.
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