To be honest Angel, I would like you to really get behind your views as I want a good debate going. Here in texas I think it is they are trying to pass a law that allows teachers to conceal carry firearms. That alone would prevent school shootings as the teachers can just shoot back. Although I do believe if that is the case then teachers should have more of a background check and have extensive training and psych reviews. And with the UK, they don't even allow residents to own firearms. In my opinion the UK is ass-backwards. A local man in Britain woke up to find a shotgun in his back yard. Doing the right thing he took it down to the police station and told them "hey I found this so I am bringing it here to you guys" and what do they do? They arrest him for being a good samaritan. They have several documented cases like that. If you carry a pocket knife and if you get jumped and you defend yourself with the pocket knife then they will say you had it with you simply to use it that way, and you will get arrested simply for defending yourself.