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comment by lil
lil  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When May I Shoot a Student? - NYTimes.com

thx for your answer.

It would be nice if no one carried guns. I wish there were large gun-free zones and that all schools were gun-free.

It's easy to wish - much harder to develop policy and effectively enforce it.

As for the exemptions, unless one of us were an 18-year-old in Idaho trying to get a gun permit, it would be hard to know whether anyone who applies gets the exemption, or only, as you say, someone under threat of violence.





thundara  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If anything, they are the equalizer. Pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails are just as effective on the offense, but few options compare to a gun for defense.