I am for gun rights, but there is a BIG flaw in the "Everyone should be armed" argument

[Taverner]

OK - let just say Mr Crazy McKiller decides to start shooting people at a University. Let's just say all the students are armed.

Mr Crazy starts firing shots. Students will panic and seek cover. This is a GOOD thing.

However, the armed students, and let's just say they're the majority, pull out their weapons and return fire.

At this point no one will know who is the killer, and where he/she is firing from, so any time a gun IS fired, it is returned with a bunch of counter-fire. I know that's not what it's called - but humor me here.

Now anyone out there is in danger. Yeah, Crazy McKiller might be shot and killed. But so will a lot of other people.

And don't tell me that every person carrying will be smart and know what to shoot at. The CCW program is very good at making sure those with said permits know a little about guns. They're not the ones I'm worried about.

It's everyone else, who is now panicking, and firing at anything that makes a sound.

OK - let's say we force every High School senior to take a gun safety course. They'll STILL panic, because when you're in a situation like that, you aren't using reason, you're using instant reactions.

Think of the Tet Offensive. Most soldiers did not know where the VC was coming from. As a result, there were a lot of deaths by friendly fire. And these were soldiers, who had better gun training than anything the NRA could give.