To carry guns or not to carry guns.

In the battle for the second amendment, it is important to realize that American Citizens have the right to keep and bear arms, and the reason for the 2nd amendment is because our founding fathers knew the pitfalls of having and carrying weapons to protect themselves against the tyranny of government.

I recently came across this article, and found this statement to be interesting: But Reggie "Reg" Davis, the former radio deejay elected last week to the City Charter Commission, was critical of public officials who carry weapons, calling it a "disgrace" because it sends the wrong message.He said he will fight to keep council members from bringing guns to City Hall.  "You need to be like Gandhi, be the change that you wish to see," said Davis, whose younger brother was gunned down in Detroit. "The people elected you to show them a different way to go and you're walking around carrying guns. That is the most ignorant way to do things. If I'm a City Council person, I don't want guns."

If I recall, Ghandi is dead, and the only reason he fought with passive methods, was because guns had been taken away from the people of India.  Now, in my mind, a person should be able to carry a gun anywhere, at any time, and for any reason.  Keep in mind that Texas is an open carry state, and for those who don't want to carry openly, there are concealed handgun licenses. 

My theory is that if everyone who was responsible carried a gun, then there'd be less crime, mainly because a criminal would be afraid to come face to face with someone who had a gun and knew how to use it.