Gun Control Reform Activism

I agree with you wholeheartedly. The problem I see over and over is that reason only works as long as all parties involved are invested in the process of reasoned negotiation. The minute one party decides he can get his needs met through force the negotiation ends. Reason and compassion have always been vulnerable to the application of force. This is why, when everyone on earth knows better than to fight, we still hurt and kill each other.

This woman is a hero. Like most heroes, though, she is also extremely lucky. If he'd decided he could get his needs met by shooting her, even if it was just the need to avoid an uncomfortable emotion, this would've been a real tragedy.

Total disarmament of the population may be a laudable goal by some ideological standards but in practice it is impossible. I'm not saying we should have an armed free-for-all with guns in vending machines. I'm just saying that I don't know how to ensure that reason and compassion can override someone who believes (or knows for a fact) that he can get his wants and needs met through superior force. I just don't know.