Possible Insight Into Why Americans Want to Carry Guns

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To all who have trouble fathoming the crazy idea many Americans have about carrying firearms, here is a snippet highlighting some Christmas shopping adventures taking place yesterday. I posted a snippet or 2 below, and put link to the actual article at the bottom for copyright purposes:

Two men were in custody Monday after a shooting at a crowded mall that left one man dead and sent hundreds of Christmas shoppers running for cover, police said.
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Elsewhere, two shootings occurred at malls in North Carolina over the weekend.
A man was charged with attempted murder Sunday after a shooting a day earlier at a Greensboro mall packed with shoppers. One man was critically wounded by gunfire at the Four Seasons Town Centre on Saturday.
And one man was slightly wounded at Charlotte's Eastland Mall on Friday evening when an argument between two groups of men ended with one firing through glass entrance doors.


Here's another snippet about trying to purchase a PS3 game console here:

Two armed thugs tried to rob a line of people waiting for the new PlayStation 3 game system to go on sale early Friday and shot one man who refused to give up his money, authorities said.In Sullivan, Ind., a man was in critical condition after emergency surgery for a stab wound after he and a friend tried to rob two men of consoles they waited 36 hours in line to buy, police said.


So, David of Old Jersey was definitely right in his approach to shoot the hecklers from his pedallo. See what kind of crazy stuff we deal with here? This is what happens when you go Christmas shopping. This doesn't even speak to all of the simple assaults. Americans have lost all respect for our fellow citizens and life in general, and THIS is why many of us carry guns. As I've said before, it's not for when I leave the USA. It's for when I'm still in it.


It's getting a little out of hand.

2 arrested after shooting at crowded mall - CNN.com
PlayStation 3 customers attacked - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com