Bill D said: Why do I keep harping on this theme? Because there are so many careless, unstable & just plain mean guys out there who haven't YET flipped out or decided to use a gun to settle some imagined grudge.....besides all the potential criminals who think it might be easier to get money if they have a gun.

We call that a gratuitous assertion, podnuh. These can be just as gratuitously denied. So, no there aren not so many. But you can correct me by providing a cite or two on how many "unstable & just plain mean guys outh there" there are and how you know they are just waiting to flip out. Careful now, buddy. No demagoguery, or one off "I knew a guy..." kinds of stories. I am after substantiated, not manufactured stuff. And while you are at it, perhaps you can explain how the number of guns out there already haven't led to this wholesale slaughter you are so worried about. And perhaps you can explain how the police authorities in the State of Michigan are very satisfied with the effects of the "shall issue" CCW laws.

Just wonderin',

Mick