The Dark Knight's Dark Night (Shooting in Aurora)

I dunno about all that, though I'll use myself as an example. I own a .45 pistol, I know how to use it, I go shooting with it. So if I hear someone break in, my initial reaction, gun, load, cover. Then again with how my family functions, specifically my sister coming in at 3 am at night, I have a better chance of shooting her than some criminal.

My point in a follow up post was that they were speculating- that I wouldn't be able to control my emotions; speculating that every gun owner wouldn't be able to. To counter their argument, I speculated that there would be others who COULD handle the situation and make the right decision. I just hate it when people think their way is completely correct and support it with hypothetical situations that are one-sided in favor of their argument because it doesn't show that they thought about the whole issue and only about that which supports their issue. So while there may be people who are trained who CAN'T handle their weapons under pressured circumstances, it is equally likely that there is a person who CAN. It's not that their wrong (because their situation is one possibility under a certain circumstance) it's that they haven't logically thought about the other possibilities also. I even explained the possible problems they could face if a full out ban on guns was implemented in the United States, something they had never thought about at all (i.e. If all guns were banned from households, how would individual states react? How would police make sure that every household has absolutely no guns in their homes? Rely on individuals to tell the truth? etc.) They think only about a small picture, but they never look at the bigger picture, which is a problem with many people these days as they take politicians' and people's arguments at face value and don't do their own research on the issue.

EDIT: Also culture in America differs from culture elsewhere, which is why we embrace guns rather than shun them. According to article:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international...hs/260189/