Seems somebody at the Miami Herald wants you dead

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Tonchi-

Yes, but I suspect more than a couple would include suggestions to permit senators and representatives to carry concealed weapons.

UG-

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

When an armed crazy shows up, there is no time to consider "escalation." He's done all the escalation there can be, as it's now life and death.[/i]

I have had no training in the handling of firearms, or in how to behave around people who are armed, or in how to know when to use a firearm that you do have. But here is my thought: If someone in the room with you is armed and crazy, and you pull out your gun, that provides an immediate threat against them. It changes the armed crazy into an armed, threatened crazy. Which I rate as an individual with a higher chance of acting violently. They have an imminent need to act; that is, to shoot you. Escalation.

Address the root causes? There is but one: mental illness. You can't pass a law against insanity; our entire legal theory militates against that.

"Mental illness" is not, by any definition, singular. It is a broad concept.

And no, you cannot legislate against 'it'. But you can mitigate it, prevent it, treat it, study it, understand it.

Originally Posted by BigV

My schools are Weapons-Free Zones. It will stay that way.

I support that.