Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  ccforeman writes:
"We will never prevent every massacre but if an armed citizen
can prevent just one, would that not justify having an armed
responsible citizenry"  Yes. And it certainly justifies it for
the citizen.  The firearm was once known as "the great
equalizer" and leveled the field a bit so that the physically
dominant could not bully the less so.  Keeping firearms for self
defense is a way to stop bullying.