I see where you are coming from, and I’ll try to stay close to your original point regarding personal responsibity.

First, I agree that in the world that you and I observe today, stricter gun laws will not prevent someone intent on harming others from getting a gun and doing so. Whether there is absolutely nothing that can be done to change that situation is another matter. But as it stands now, a thriving underground resource for firearms is a fact of life.

My concern is whether “the solution” is for more citizens to walk around armed themselves. Teachers and school administrators? College students? Doesn’t this imply that only responsible, good people will have guns to defend themselves against the bad guys? But that’s not realistic, either. Are only “criminals” subject to road rage?

I can appreciate your willingness to defend your family, and how you wouldn’t want the right to defend your family taken away from you - leaving you at the mercy of the perp (hey, I watch Criminal Minds, too).

But as much as I might be tempted to want the same thing, I’m not sure I am willing to find out what kind of society would result if more people walked around armed, or how much safer I would feel.