“A society that is relying on guys with guns to stop violence is a sign of a society where institutions have broken down,” said Rebecca Peters, former director of the International Action Network on Small Arms. “It’s shocking to hear anyone in the United States considering a solution that would make it seem more like Colombia.”
via More Guns = More Killing – NYTimes.com.
So do we work to fix the institutions or do we arm everybody and hope that “good guys” outnumber “bad guys and the inadvertent casualties of good guys”?