fuck off, utley!
...foreigner...
my theory is "gravely" different from that one. i've heard it argued many times that if everyone in the country had a gun, everyone'd be all nice n'sweet, cuz no one wants to get shot.
which might be true! ... IF we were all well educated. and all had, unlosable jobs. ... and weren't crazy. and had no alcohol, etc, etc.
regardless of time period and weapon, there's always some fucker out there that really doesnt care about anything. whether he goes around beating people up, or stabbing them, or shooting them, he's still crazy, its not the weapon that kills (tho it IS the weapon that makes the klling easier - believe you me, stabbing is hard!).
again, im all for the implementation of now-possible future weapons, where police could, just as efficiently, protect a neighborhood, weilding non lethal, batman-like weapons (such as pepperspray paint ball guns, goo nets, EMP drones to short out cars, etc).
