>Write back the next time a loved one of YOURS goes to a
>shopping mall and gets gunned down by someone on a rampage
>with an assault rifle. My guess is that you would rather that
>they had a two-by-four...


Want to tell me exactly what an "assault rifle" is??


And by the way, the shopping mall shooting could have been stopped cold by someone with a concealed firearm, but I'm willing to bet that there were big signs at the mall stating that no concealed weapons were allowed. So of course, the law abiding people who have CCW's did NOT bring them into the mall, leaving the murderous bastard with no regard for the law free to do his damage.