| The ones who argue for arming everyone are ignoring two important considerations.
1. Not everyone wants to carry a gun. Forcing a population to carry a gun is essentially drafting them into service, because to carry a gun carries the responsibility of using it. Which leads to
2. Not everyone has the ability to take another's life. What use is a gun against a determined killer when the armed citizen is unable to take decisive action in the moment of truth?
The answer, I believe, is to move away from pride and our poisonous individualism.
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