Its cool I know people get emotional thanks for the support. Aside from everyone's lives, my real concern is for the $8/hr 20 year olds who cant afford or honestly shouldn't be concealed carrying just yet. I think the effort and money would be much better spent giving the bodegas a sales tax credit to install bullet proof glass, remotely locking doors, and a firm committment for a rapid response to silent alarms from the NYPD(just getting them to say they will would put them under a lot more scrutiny which should result in them doing so).
Sure probably everyone should have access to self defense, but just telling them, "buy a gun". Yikes.
As an amusing aside which I suppose is evidence against my point, I know a sergeant of the city of Chicago police who has told me more than once that when he gets a call to the effect of "there's someone in the house, please hurry", he takes the long way.
Edit: I know the CCW training and certification is supposed to be designed to be sufficient, but I'm really not cool with someone like many people in poor neighborhoods in NYC's first exposure to firearms being the class. My kids certainly are at least going to know how to steer a car before they start driver's ed.