Although I believe in carrying and have my piece on now, I feel as though if there were multiple CCW's in the theater, it could have been a worse tragedy than what it was and here's why:
Let's suppose you were actually able to decipher what was going on and able to draw your weapon quickly enough to respond to the situation......and so were 2 or 3 other people who were carrying. Now everybody shoots towards the BG..... BUT now you have milliseconds to figure out if it was a team effort/ambush or are they "with you".
In this particular instance and scenario.....I think the outcome could have been worse.
Granted, I am not saying I would not have pulled my weapon. I'd like to think I would be able to stop the attack with a single shot. But in hind-sight, if a couple others thought the same thing at the same time......I think the outcome could have been horrible and perhaps worse than it was.
I can't add to this discussion, do have a question and comment.
I am wondering if anything similar to this happened before gun laws were restrictive and many people carried?
It is my opinion that we have been trained by current society and stigma of carrying a gun and facing severe penalty for being a good semaritan. I feel that if guns were more prominent in situations like this there would Be no free for all gunplay. Rather, when the gunman came close to me I'd be ready with my gun. I do think even a crazy shooter would think twice before attempting this massacre if this were the case. Are there any students of history that know of such a thing happening when people were armed?
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Average deaths in shooting rampage when stopped by police 14.3
Avergae deaths in shooting rampage when stopped by civilians 2.3
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