Reply #76: No - not at all. Only those who were shot trying to impose their will on others. Innocents

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deserve MUCH better, so ALL innocents deserve the right to life, and so the ability and means to defend that life.

And children especially deserve that those responsible for their safety (i.e. their parents) have the best ability to protect them as well.

But they also deserve more from society - who should have better methods of dealing with the REAL problem - the "huge majority of violent offenders" - most who have "serious criminal histories", etc.