"EXT" wrote in message
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That is the theory put forth, but unfortunately that concept won't work
either. There will be lots of people with guns that don't know how to use
them, how to shoot without taking out bystanders, and using them in
anger -- as we see street gangs doing.

I would prefer that people with concealed carry permits have to undergo
training and testing, with occasional refresher training. However, if armed
citizens intervening in criminal situations really result in innocent
bystanders being slaughtered in droves, then there should be plentiful
documentation of that happening. The percentage of CCW permit holders who
get into trouble with their guns is vanishingly small, a fraction of one
percent in the states where I've seen statistics. Which is not to say it
never happens, but it seems to be quite rare.