[ronald reagan]

I disagree with the idea that someone with a concealed weapon would possibly stop a criminal on a killing spree. There's too many examples to cite, disproving this theory. But the basic idea is that, if a guy wants to kill 20 people, he almost always kills himself, or is killed in a shootout with police. This alone, shows that his goal isn't to stay alive, and would have little fear of Plumber Joe and his .40 concealed weapon. Why would someone who is suicidal/homicidal/effin-crazy --- fear a very remote chance of a random guy with a pistol?

My experience with shooting at and being shot back at includes combat in the streets of Fallujah, Taji, Tarimyah, and Mushada Iraq. I can say with absolute certainty that homicidal maniacs care very little about the weapons that someone else has. We had .50 caliber remote weapons systems on top of each Stryker. 2 - 240B 7.62mm fully automatic weapons, 1 249 5.56mm fully automatic machine gun, 4 m4 semiauto assault rifles, 2 m9 pistols, 2 203 grenade launchers, one mark 19 grenade launcher, 1 shotgun, a few thousand rounds of ammo, 12 frag grenades, 24 automatic smoke/teargas grenade launchers.... and then multiply all of that by 3 (the number of strykers per patrol)... and then add the weapons and systems of about 10 soldiers sitting inside each stryker ready for dismount. Literally, we had the firepower to take over the streets of lexington and kill every person in floyd county. Yet, still.... on a daily basis, men of Islam would attempt to challenge our weaponry. This wasn't concealed weapons. It was big, loud, powerful, deadly, fully automatic, bang bangs....

I don't fear a citizen with a concealed weapon anymore than i fear a criminal with one. I highly doubt that anyone else would either.


Read this please. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2...aws-213222 Its called "The Myth of the Good Guy with a Gun". It debunks the myth that having a concealed carry is the answer to stopping these occurances. Oregon's shooting is used as an example. Veterans there had concealed weapons, and knew how to use them. Yet decided not to, out of fear of being targeted by both the gunmen, and police.

Having a gun isn't enough to stop a madman. Using it, is the only thing that will.