There may be a VERY GOOD pro-NRA "right to bear arms" argument here. Any county or municipality that has white-trash or urban drug dealer retards that let these vicious animals run around loose should allow its citizens to carry loaded handguns prepared for the self-defense of HUMAN Americans.
Ahh, the Beslan approach. You're 100 yards away (nearby enough?), what good is that 45 going to do? By the time you get into reliable range (where you don't kill the hostage also), the hostage is already dead.
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