Quote Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg View Post
Mandating that people keep handguns at home WILL DO NOTHING to deter crime. Let them carry if they own it and prove competent to carry (via some safety course standard). The people who are crazy are going to carry anyway, especially if it was already at home. Plus, handguns are protected by the second amendment. Don't believe me? Ask the DC v Heller decision.
There are no perfect solutions for anything, but isn't it a bit hypocrite to allow handguns in a society where the government is expected to protect anything that goes beyond the public realm. Split up these realms instead, a private and a public one.