[iowamark]

Had there been someone in that immigrant community center licensed to carry a concealed handgun who had drawn their weapon and ethnically resembled the shooter, police might have shot him by mistake.

Someone with a weapon who knew how to use it could have saved at least some of the 13 who were murdered.

[Seamus Mc Gillicuddy]

Also, what happened in Binghamton was not a traditional campus, per se. It was at a smaller center with a classroom, hence no campus police would be dispatched to respond. That’s why they had to depend on the response of the local police, and unfortunately many more were killed in the interim. I wholeheartedly believe that if a CCW holder, an armed security guard, or a detailed LEO were there, there’d be less than 13 dead. As far as a CCW holder is concerned, they could have just holstered their pistol after the melee, then waited, and answered questions later. It just further proves that when perps know the area is unarmed, it compels them to attack the unarmed occupants. To disagree, truly displays one’s ignorance towards this subject.