More shootings.

[Brakeman]

So should brinks' armored truck guards carry guns? They aren't cops.

So if a deranged man stalks my teen aged daughter I should be ready and waiting with what to protect her in case he invades our home?

If stricter gun laws bring down the prevalence of armed home invaders to one out of five, is it necessary now for me to accept our fate since I would just be more unlucky than usual? One bad man with a gun can be a threat to thousands.

Having been an armed bodyguard before (short term) with many hours of training, I am not one that the statistics imply that a gun owner is less likely to successfully respond to a home invasion. Should I forgo my license and destroy my guns because other less trained civilians make poor decisions in keeping a gun in their home for security?

One improvement I have suggested is that gun safes should be tax deductible to a fair percentage. Every gun owner I know that has a gun safe, uses it. But most do not own gun safes because of their high cost. It would be in society's interest to have guns secured in homes, enough so that it makes sense to pay a little for it. One could even require ownership of a suitable safe before sale of particularly dangerous guns in order to prevent them from being stolen and used in crimes, or from being taken and used by unauthorized family members. Imagine if Mrs. Lanza had kept her guns in a safe that only she knew the combination.

I don't think the gun rights advocates would balk at such restrictions.