Quote Originally Posted by Pete
College can be a pretty stressful time for a lot of people, especially in the highly competitive schools with the "elite" majors. This is purely hypothetical, but the argument can be made that firearms in an extremely high stress situation can be a deadly combination.
Yes, but a lot of college students can get a gun anyway. Cho did.

Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch
When a six-foot-three, two hundred and thirty pound man wants to rob the little old lady walking down the street, it's because he knows he can.
Exactly.

What do you think gets robbed more? A 7-11 where the employee doesn't fight back, or a family owned convenience store that stands to lose everything? Cop shows always show these people fighting back, and they arm themselves in case.

Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch
True. For this reason, I wouldn't doubt that the typical hunter would turn down an automatic weapon in favor of their hunting rifle. Sure, maybe we'd all try it a couple times, but in the end it's more about quality of shot, not quantity.
They had a scene about that in the Sopranos. I don't hunt, but I guess they feel that an assault weapon would be unsportmanlike.