[Daffynition]

>>The theater audience in Aurora should have been no less armed that Reagan's Secret Service detail. <<

And with *their* training? ...I dunno...I've had some defense training...none of it military...at the *moment* that you need to defend yourself....can you do it? Having heard about the processes of one's mind at the point of attack, their is always doubt...if you can pull the trigger. I carry to defend me and mine...not a theater full of people I don't know. In my state...I wouldn't be a branded a *hero*.

I honestly hope no one here has to be in the moment of attack. My personal experience was that I was able to *do* it. It turns your world upside down. Believe me. I agree with you that the audience *should* have been armed ...how many would have engaged, is another matter.

[William Tell]

Daffynition said: "I carry to defend me and mine...not a theater full of people I don't know."

I don't disagree with that.

The Churchill quote above points out that sometimes failing to act early, perhaps while the attacker's attention is on others, could have the consequence of eventually finding yourself the object of attack.

I am a believer in "The Golden Rule". The benefit that I might get from another theater patron firing at the attacker is a benefit I can only reasonably expect if I am willing to do the same.