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Sadly,
I firmly believe, if in fact there were another 20 gun toting red blooded americans around when these shootings occur, who were "pre-tuned" to "High alert" status anyway, (which is why they carry), then a travesty of 5-6 dead would in all probability become a larger travesty of 10-15 dead. As people, we are emotionally driven, sometimes beyond rationale, and i just believe that would lead to larger numbers of victims. To me, that's defeating...and sad....So the question remains, "What do you do?", "How do we solve the problem"?...We can't realistically stop these events from happening, only mitigate the outcomes.
Sir, that makes no sense whatsoever.
You'd have to assume that 20 CCWs were going to start shooting indiscriminately and with zero judgement and crappy aim to come to that conclusion.
Depending on what source you believe, approximately 1 person in 50 goes armed regularly. In any given crowd, it is improbable that more than one or two are armed.
In most states CCW holders have to demonstrate the ability to hit their chosen target consistently with reasonable accuracy. Also, legal training explains that you're responsible regarding where your bullets go... everyone knows that hitting bystanders is BAD, and that AIMING is good.
Lotta assumptions with no support in your post.
Available data indicates that armed citizens are more likely to attempt to capture a criminal or make him run than to actually shoot him when such action is realistically possible. Also, while statisical analysis is lacking, available data on actual incidents indicates CCWs are probably less likely to shoot the wrong person or a bystander than police. Possibly this is because they know damn well they'd better be RIGHT when they shoot, because they won't get the slack that cops sometimes get in the event they were wrong.
It would appear that you lack much knowlege about CCWers and shooting incidents.
As I've mentioned, I've been training private citizens in shooting skills quite some time, and I've also been a cop. IMHO, most armed citizens I know are not the schmucks you seem to assume they are. Your speculation is without merit.
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