Originally Posted by NoChrome

But in all those cases a gun didnt kill anybody. A person used a tool to kill people. The person is the killer not the tool. What if that kid used a knife to stab the guy to death. Or the dad tied everyone up and burned down the house? What should we do then? Ban knives and rope and gas? There is no perfect answer. But I know if everyone around me was armed I would think long and hard about car jacking somebody, or robbing a gas station. I know first hand that me lawfully carring my .45 has stopped a robbery just by having it open carried.