Wink.... All of your points are things that need to be in the national discussion on gun violence. I find it a bit irresponsible for the NRA to simply come out and take the stand that more people need to have guns. I would argue it is just as irresponsible for lawmakers to make stands against the gun industry without any education on guns or the impact of what they are trying to ban (assault weapons for one). I would argue that perhaps more TRAINED and SKILLED people need to have guns, but not just more people. I guess I just see too many scenarios unfolding in these events where it is too hard to identify the perpetrator. I hear gunshots, then screaming and I draw, come around the corner to see what is going on and see a person in front of me holding a gun. Friend? Foe? How long to I wait to find out? In addition, how much harder is law enforcement's job if they are walking into a building of now trigger nervous people? It is a difficult situation for sure. Staring down the barrel of an active shooter, you're absolutely right I would like to have a gun on my hip. But 1 floor away from the active shooter while trying to get out of the building, I really don't want to come face to face with my John Wayne co-workers looking to save the day, but shooting at me instead.
Bottom line, like much of the rest of the problems in this country, real intelligent solutions need to be discussed with rationality on both sides. Not just 24 hour news bites aimed at maintaining political power.