There have been numerous cases where armed citizens have put rampaging lunatics 6 feet under.
I'm all for the armed citizens, being one myself, but this post was to contrast the police response here in fly over country to the police response at Virginia Tech. It infuriated me to see overweight cops in full battle dress with rifles that you and I aren't allowed to buy hiding behind trees during at VT within ear shot of the gun shots. The KC cops put this nut-job down with weapons that are readily available to all of us, but mostly with courage, bravery, and the willingness to put themselves in harms way to protect the citizenry. That is to be applauded, IMO.