Willful Ignorance

I find it frustrating at times the level of hypocrisy that plagues our nation. Willfully ignoring facts and data to draw paranoid conclusions that have no basis in reality, if only as a Hollywood style worst-case scenario. The educational system of our nation has drilled into its students since childhood to seek the truth, find the facts, and make an educated decision though they themselves often ignore this principle. When it comes to views on heated topics such as guns their mindset is abhorrent to such a thing. When asked why they feel the way they do most have expressed fears that if guns were legal to carry then the streets would be full of armed civilians executing vigilante justice over fender-benders, the grocery store becoming a war-zone as maniacs settle their differences through violence instead of diplomacy. In fact in most of the United States it's legal to openly carry a fire arm and 30 some-odd states issue concealed carry permits to citizens with clean record, so where is all the violence and blood shed? Educators need to set an example for everyone by finding out the facts before deciding what is best based on fear and ignorance.