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Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma
I actually agree with the majority of this post, despite the bolded. But I don't think it's imperative to agree on everything, so I'll leave it at that.
Interesting study idea, though. I'm assuming those carrying would have unloaded guns to minimize any potential for adverse consequences. But I would be interested to see the results as well.
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Life would be very boring if everyone agreed on everything. One of the greatest problems we have as a society is tolerating people who aren't like us. This crosses all political and social boundaries. I don't want everyone to be the same, I just want us to try to tolerate the differences. There are many times we must make laws against things but we should always do it because we have to, not because we want to.
I would be curious about the psychology of the study. I suspect people would feel least safe when there is one armed person. But I also suspect there is a bit of a bell curve in feeling safe. I mean if everyone is armed BUT you, then you'll feel very vulnerable. It would also be interesting to see if people felt safer or less safe if they were armed in those difference studies.
The biggest problem with doing that study is probably finding someone who wants to actually understand the issue rather than try to prove a point in one direction or the other. To many 'studies' are done to try to support a position than understand a problem.