"Guns Everywhere" in GA

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Where? I would feel perfectly safe, for me and my family, if everyone had an UZI strapped to their belt in plain site.

Like LRR, I have no problem with decent, armed, polite people.

I have always had mixed feelings about everyone carrying firearms in crowded places. There have always been people who want to commit suicide in a spectacular way. "Going Postal" is one example. "Suicide by Police" is another. Since they are planning to die anyway, the fact that other people are armed has no deterrent effect. On the other hand, armed citizens may be able to incapacitate the shooter and reduce the number of those injured.

As another example, this time everyone at a crowded sports stadium has an Uzi. One guy who has a violent temper when drunk has had too many beers and suddenly decides to start blazing away. He is likely to kill or injure a bunch of people before being incapacitated. If a number of citizens return fire, it is likely that even more spectators will be hit. The answer to the adage: "know what is behind your target before you shoot" is: "people, lots of them." If this out of control drunk grabs someone to use as a human shield and continues shooting, you will be faced with the classic dilemma of whether to shoot through the hostage to stop the carnage or not.

The angry drunk did not come to the stadium with the intent to shoot people. Nevertheless, he just happened to have access to a firearm when he lost his temper and judgement. If he did not have immediate access to a firearm, he might get into a nasty fistfight, but that is all. Chances are that he would have cooled down and regained his judgement by the time he had left the stadium, walked to his car, retrieved his firearm and walked back to the stadium.

I honestly do know whether 2A rights overrule everything else in these situations.

I consider the above cases to be very different than entering a deserted parking deck after work or walking down a city street at night.

I also believe that it is stupid to have guards who are unable to fire their weapons. Hell, my sister is a guard at a small museum and she carries a revolver.