When a shooting starts, if lots of people pull guns there is immense danger of the wrong people getting shot.
If people are being shot and you see three people with guns, how the hell are you supposed to know which are the bad guys? Although the bald guy with the crazy glare is a good place to start.
Not a criticism of the idea of concealed carry, just a recognition that this is a horrible situation with no easy answers.
That's why I am wondering if her aides (not nearby shoppers) would have been in a good location to assess the situation and shoot Loughner.
I understand that. And in 15 seconds, there’s little which can be done to counter a deranged gunman.
I’m always chatting it up with people around me when I’m standing in a line. Anti-social people raise my surveillance antennas.
JLLoughner had better start wishing for his trial to be sent to a state far away. Tucson’s judges were all recused; Tucson citizens all know someone connected to last Saturday; Phoenix will be the same way; and San Diego is still too close, imo.
What you said.
We have to remember that one of the first heroes on the scene last week WAS ARMED. But he wisely did not pull his weapon.
He saw victims everywhere. He saw two men wrestling on the ground over a gun. He assessed the situation - and assessed WRONGLY. If he had shot first... he would have shot the wrong guy.
/”bald guy with the crazy glare”/
Hey, watch it.
I resemble that remark.