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Originally Posted by Ostfriese

I can agree to that, and I have no doubt that you would act as you described. But even though it might be an annoying question: would you guarantee that all those people would do the same thing in that situation? Sure, there'll be a lot of people who wouldn't lose their heads, I know, but all of them? No John Wayne jr., who wants to be a hero? You can even find such folks on the subsim.com forums, so why not in reality? (Yes, I know about armchair heroes, no need to tell me )

You talk about responsibility. Agreed. And there's nothing wrong with owning and carrying a weapon if the owner knows about the responsibility and doesn't forget it even in tense situations. But if everybody remembered this responsibility no one would be killed by guns. Unfortunately, about 30,000 people are being killed by guns in the USA every year. I don't think my opinion was too simplistic. Pessimistic, maybe.

I think I'd have to say yes. The reason? These people would never do anything to jeapordize their ability to have a permit. Plain and simple. The permit alone makes you think twice in any situation.

-S