In Response to Orlando and Gun Violence

Of all the opinions being proffered in the days following the tragedy in Orlando and during the ensuing discussion on gun violence, the one that stands alone in terms of sheer myopia is the notion that the best solution to curbing gun violence is allowing more people to have guns. The 'logic' goes something like this: If more guns are available, then more people will be able to properly defend themselves in the event of a potential mass shooting. This line of 'reasoning' does not take into account the perennial danger posed by having an armed population roaming the streets under the influence of untold amounts of internal disorders and external additives 24/7. Let's put it another way: fire fighters arrive at the scene of a conflagration and immediately bring out the high pressured hoses to extinguish the blaze only to have the civilian 'chief' intervene by suggesting that the only way to confront the raging fire in front of them is to apply large qualities of gasoline to it! Ask any clear thinking police officer if he thinks that his job will be made easier by indiscriminately arming the general population with more weaponry! Call me a hopeless optimist but I have to think that we, with the proper application of our collective intelligence, can at least improve upon this particular thought  pattern.