Some of the posters  sound like 3 year old children, whining about not wanting to 'face a law abiding citizen carrying a weapon"  They have bought the hype about  gun the ultimate evil boogey man.

At all recent public excecutions of defenseless victims (school shootings) Police or 911 were proven to be inadequate ,to say the least.

Here is some food for thought:

More people die from bad (prescription medicine) reactions (120 000 a year) No media hype on that.

A whole lot more people die  in car wrecks...why not join the bandwagon of  'stop people from driving, they scare me'

Why not screech: No Thugs in parks??? Maybe they'd listen  to you?

Better yet, stop repeating  things you hear on TV an do your own  research of  the facts!

Read this book:Call 911 and Die 

OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK: Do the police owe a duty to protect you from criminal attack? In most of the United States, the answer is "no." In fact, in most cases the police do not even have to respond to your emergency 911 call.

Don't believe it? Read the true stories from all across America about citizens who depended solely upon their telephone and police response for emergency help against a violent criminal. Not only did those crime victims not get help, the local government and police escaped legal responsibility for failing to help those victims.

This compact paperback reviews the law in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia and Canada, showing how statutes and court decisions consistently hold that the police generally have "no duty" to protect individual citizens. When it comes to personal self-defense, citizens are on their own.

Highlighting the importance of preparing to protect oneself and family, the book also retells 45 stories about people who successfully defended themselves long before any police could help.

Check the law of your state, and of the states where your loved ones live. If you are interested in public policy questions about government liability, gun control or victims' rights, or if protecting yourself and your family is your worry, this book tells you what you need to know about whether you have any "right" to police protection.

Certainly you will never look at your telephone the same way again.

SPECIAL NOTE TO LAWYERS AND RESEARCHERS: Dial 911 and Die provides full citations to all statutes and cases for all 54 jurisdictions referenced in the book. There is also a citation list of relevant secondary authorities. All of these legal materials are available on-line and in full-service law libraries everywhere.