I have heard people say that the death toll in the Colorado movie theater shooting would have been less if other patrons had been armed. They could have pulled out their Glocks and Sig Sauers and blown away the shooter.
On Friday morning a gunman killed a man in front of the Empire State Building. Two NYPD officers opened fire on the shooter--justifiably in my opinion--and killed him. Nine bystanders were injured. According to a report in today’s New York Times, three were hit by police department bullets; the rest may have been struck by shrapnel or fragments.
Think about that. These were trained police officers shooting in daylight. In addition to the shooter, they inadvertently shot three other people and injured six more.
Now think about a dark movie theater. Let’s say 10 people are armed. A guy opens fire. The ten start firing back. They aren’t trained. They see the flashes. They don’t know who is the bad guy. There’s smoke, and noise, and people screaming. Can you imagine the chaos, the carnage, the additional people killed?
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ReplyDeleteSad to hear about the victims but guns keep freedom free. There are many people on both sides of the aisle who are okay with guns.
ReplyDeleteTo Hallo104: I hope the aisle you are referring to is not the aisle in the Mahoning movie theater.
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