Comment Re:funny and ironic (Score 1) 446
Or, instead of thinking better of mugging little old ladies, Mike now carries a gun himself. Because he's a drug-addict, he doesn't adopt the same decent moral stance that you do on the use of guns. He's quite happy to shoot, because he's a used to an environment where little old ladies are legally able to pull out a gun and shoot him in the face.
It's my belief that by permitting guns as part of normal everyday society, an arms-race is started. The "bad guys" aren't worried about the legal use or ownership of guns (they're the bad guys remember, what's the problem with breaking just one more law!), so they're nearly always 1 step ahead.