[David Hunter]

When they get serious about the penalties, the crooks won't be so easy about leaving witnesses.

If only we had the right to carry concealed firearms for self-defense, then the gangsters might find themselves on the receiving end of some rough justice handed out by people who would otherwise just be witnesses. I bet the threat of coming up against armed citizens would be a rather more effective deterrent to violent criminals than anything the government can provide.

[Shooter 2.5]

It won't make you feel better, but what you wrote is the same thing that's being said in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. by the law abiding citizens.