You may not want to hear this, but I studied quite extensively about this in college, and to tell you that you are wrong, you wouldn't understand why it goes along with sociology. It is something you really have to study, sorry to sound arrogant.
No, it's not arrogant because there's two sides to every coin and perception is either skewed or followed.
I follow the perception of what I see and hear, witness in regards to the issues about guns.
Here's one just this morning:
http://kdka.com/local/officers.shot.Stanton.2.975820.html
That's 7 dead police officers in the past 4 weeks.
But for every 1 person that uses a gun in this fashion, there 12-10,000 that use theirs appropriately and in a mature, adult fashion.
And the guy has a right to be concerned about losing the right to bear arms. It's a "constitutional" thing.
Speaking of college,
When that Cho Seung-Hui started blowing away all those students,
Not one,
not one highly educated individual had the ability to protect themselves, and a gun would of.
I don't need an education in sociology to understand that you don't bring a knife to a gun fight, let alone a book or try to stop what cannot be stopped.
If every gun was removed from the earth *which it won't be* this same type of element will find another way to do the damage they are wanting to cause.
I am now going to blow up my toilet with the Taco Bell 4th meal that arrived a few hours sooner than I expected.