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The problem we have is people are buying up firearms thinking they will be able to protect themselves when they have no clue of what that really means.
A good friend of mine went out and bought a handgun the day after the attack in San Bernardino. He is pretty smart for a kid his age, but still dumb in his own special way - "I need to save money for my wedding" but then traded in his dependable car with good gas mileage for a huge truck with a V8 because "he might want to go camping some day". I would want him on my side in a fist fight, but he has never handled a firearm before and has no training. Yet he seems to think he will be able to handle the situation if that moment ever comes. He has no concept about how the body reacts in such a situation, how adrenaline affects you, and how fear affects. One thirds of United States Marines who go through six to eight months of training lock up and freeze the first time they need to return fire in a combat situation.
I don't think taking three or four classes that are two hours each over a month long period isn't going to enough training. And it's something you need to keep up on a few times a year.
The best part of my friend is... He's upset because of the gun man was American born but obviously has a foreign last name. "They need all go home". Yet his last name is Venegas, and although he was born in the US he is obviously Hispanic.
I am okay with people carrying firearms in public - but ONLY if they are properly trained with their firearms. It kills me when I hear a fifty-four year old grandmother allowed her three year old grandson to get into her purse and thus her firearm so he can shoot himself. People like this need to go to prison.
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