*a-hem* Did Jefferson misspell tyrants?

I went to the same college Grayham did, and knew of at least one teacher who carried a small gun on him. I hated sitting in his class knowing it was there. At the time, I'd never seen a gun up close and personal, and was just plain scared of them. However, given the tragic events of yesterday, I wonder how things might've been different if just one of the teachers or students had been trained in using a weapon and had fired back?

I go round and round on this with my husband all the time -- would we really be better off if we all carried weapons on us? Or would we turn into some version of Wild West movies, and just constantly be shooting at each other? I don't know. Situations like this, though, make me want to reconsider carrying.