In the 90s WRKO Boston host Gene Burns made the point after the Long Island Railroad incident that if someone on that train had a gun, there could have been fewer victims (if they could have wounded or killed the shooter). It’s a tough call, I know. 6 of Colin Ferguson’s victims died. Colin still breathes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road_massacre
if HE could have been wounded, I meant
Unfortunately.