[NoLibZone]

Agreed,

The weapon gave him the boldness to act.

But his good judgment allowed him to determine he didn’t need it.

[t2buckeye]

He was on tv with, believe it or not, Ed Schultz. He said during the interview that he felt confident going to help because he was armed and that had it been necessary to use the gun, he would have definitely used it. Smart and savvy guy who spoke well about the right to bear arms.

[archy]

The weapon gave him the boldness to act. But his good judgment allowed him to determine he didn’t need it.

Neither not having his own weapon available nor having been wounded himself prevented 74-year-old retired Marine colonel Bill Badger from tackling tyhe Tucson shooter.

I do wish he had been better armed that day, and I suspect he does as well. But I think he did right well. After all, he was a military pilot, used to taking immediate corrective action when things went wrong.

Ret Col. Badger and his wife Sallie.