"Let loose gunfire." What a poetic euphemism, and it linguistically absolves the gunman of guilt - he didn't "shoot and murder" a number of people. Odd. I hate following up with "guns don't kill people," but it does take more than a gun.
The classic give-guns-to-potential-victims policy, from the Maverick State. In Alaska, you can carry a gun anywhere outside, and into non-school, -government, or -airport buildings.
There is no coercion here.
Concealed carry laws require accuracy and safety examinations to get a permit. Aside from this, an background checks, it might be interesting to add a psychological exam to weed out the potential crazies. (Though who is to say the shrinks would recognize the crazies.)
So there's a law in Utah, and no problems since? And yet a classmate poll indicates that some students here think guns are scary. There's proof.
