I do have a concerns about the crazy people issue. Who gets to decide who is crazy? Is it permanent? If you have ever seen a therapist are you forever prohibited from owning arms? There were questions about the details on the VTI shooter. Was he commited, or just evaluated.

I think I dont think the government can be trusted to make this decision.

I agree, I would rather be armed myself with ability to defend myself, than be dissarmed in the hope that criminals / crazys are also disarmed.

Don’t even get me started on the domestic violence thing. Yes, some, maybe even most dv perps should be disarmed, but most states have laws where the police must arrest someone when they respond to a dv call. A friend pulled the phone of the wall when his wifes boyfriend called (mid breakup preceding a divorce), cutting his hand in the process. His wife yelled at him and they both left the house. Two blocks away he gets pulled over for speeding. The cop asks why his hand is cut, and he tells the cop what happened. He gets arrested for dv and looses his guns. This is not a violent man, he has never as much as touched anyone. His wife said as much in court.

Events like the Virginia Tech massacre, Columbine, etc. while unquestionably horrific, are blown up out of proportion by the media and by legislators that want to “look tough on crime”. University students (and faculty and staff) are far more likely to die in auto accidents than by being shot on campus.