Originally Posted by Sloane

There is a huge difference between firing a gun on a range, and being in the middle of a life or death situation. Just ask any experienced Cop or Soldier. We are poorly evolved mammals, our Adrenal glands over power our frontal lobes, thus rendering us useless in making 'logical' decisions in the heat of the moment. Try taking a math exam while your Adrenaline is pumping at full thrust. You 'cannot' concentrate. Now throw a gun into the hands of an average Joe, who has just witnessed the horror of a massacre. Blood, guts, chaos and potentially watching his fellow classmates have their heads popped like grapes. Joe average is more likely to shit his own pants and accidentally shoot himself in the foot rather than be the hero every gun nut here thinks he would be. 15,000 gun related deaths every year, time to change the system. It's clearly not working.