Re: NASA victim needed firearm counterforce - but didn't have it

Okay, there are some good points here, and some from people who
clearly do all their research by reading the blurbs on the Brady
Campaign's web site.

If the victim had been armed, he would probably still be alive. True.
No-gun zones do nothing to stop killers. True.
The odds that removing the No-gun policy at JSC would have saved this
specific man's life are very low. However, had he felt threatened, he
might have gotten a permit and been carrying. This is similar to women
who are being stalked or threatened but can't get a gun in time (the
famous "cooling off" period, whic I call the "vulernability window").

It's much more likely that a concealed carry holder could have saved
lifes at VA Tech or similar public shootings, not a specifically
targeted murder. Remember the last Virginia public school shooting
spee? At the Appalachian Law School, several were shot and killed
before two students *with their own guns* apprehended and held the
murderer. (The governor's office released a statement saying the man
was "apparently tackled and held by other students"--spin the media
reported, rather than the truth.)

But of course, if you're of the fundamentalist faith that guns drive
law-abiding people into homicide, you will balk at the very idea of
more concealed carry, despite decades of data to the contrary. But
keep in mind: if you & I are in a public venue and someone starts
killing, I'm your best chance at seeing your family again, not the
police.
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