"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
A bit of more recent history. For those who think disarming the
populace
is a good idea, read very carefully the accounts of what happened in
Mumbai
last week. Just a couple of armed citizens (heck, one or two armed police
officers with ammunition) could have prevented a lot of savagery.

(Rest of the crap snipped)

Of course a person with a gun and willing to use it at the right place and
time might have had a beneficial affect. And if hitler had been strangled at
birth, the second world war might not have happened. That's the benefit pf
hindsight isn't it? By your resoning, if everybody ran around with a
sub-machine gun in their back pocket, nobody would die anywhere. Right? What
a pile of crap. All you'd end up with is pockets of citizens warring with
each other.

The police officers here *are armed*. There *are* any number of swat teams
availalable here that *are* ready to act quickly. They *are* armed and have
plenty of ammunition.

Don't for one second compare what happened in Mumbai to law and order here
in North America. The situations and conditions are completely different and
not even close to being comparable.