Colorado theater shooting...
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I'm mixed about gun control. In part because it seems Pandora has long been out of the box and I'm not sure it's possible to even go back to a 'no gun' country. Having grown up in the south (and very comfortable with guns), I know that criminals are less inclined to break into a home of someone they know or suspect might be armed.
However, I think it's ridiculous that the NRA has such a hold on our government and that we don't have a ban on assault rifles. It defies logic.
And the people I'm most afraid of are the yahoo's who say, 'if I had been armed in that theatre or office or school...maybe this wouldn't have happened. I learned how to shoot at an early age and I'm pretty good but I'm smart enough to realize that I don't know how I would react in such a stressful situation. I might be trained to shoot a gun but I am not trained in handling a gun in duress. I'd rather take my chances with one person with a gun than some dumb yahoo who might be peeing his pants and firing away.