On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:34:16 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> Your local neighbourhood burglar? Sure, maybe.

Frequently, according to gun rights proponents.  And you do hear of it 
happening.

At the same time, people who think that putting more guns into a crowded 
cinema when some whackjob in full body armor decides to throw a tear gas 
grenade in and then starts shooting people is a good idea, they're 
deluding themselves.  (And that's what happened in Aurora, CO that 
sparked this most recent round of gun control talk in the US).

This guy seriously planned ahead, and he fully intended to survive the 
event (which in itself is somewhat rare).

Professional SWAT team members have said that *they* wouldn't start 
shooting at the perp in a circumstance like that - and they're trained 
extensively on dealing with situations like this.

Some cowboy with a Glock 9 or a Colt .45 isn't going to stop someone like 
that.  They're more likely to (a) make themselves into a target, and (b) 
end up shooting innocent bystanders who are panicing and trying to get 
the hell out.

Adding more guns to that situation would NOT have helped at all.  It 
would've turned it into even more of a bloodbath.

Jim

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