[CobaltBlue]

This is ridiculous. He's killing people in VA. VA is a concealed carry state.

Even if you're packing a pistol, you're not going to be safe from this guy. One shot, one kill. You won't even know what hit you.

[Bill Davis FR]

...right on cobaltblue...

[MHGinTN]

You're making a flawed assumption that confrontation with the shooter will be at his range, not close in; it is likely that this murderer will confront citizens at closer range than the chosen rifle shots, thus armed citrizens are better served to at least pin the bastards down!

[Trident/Delta]

You ALWAYS seem to crop up with JUST right thing to say that seems reasonable and rational, but with JUST enough vitriol to make me think that you are a sophisticated disrupter.

Semper Suspicious

[FITZ]

Even if you're packing a pistol, you're not going to be safe from this guy.

I think it would be safer if you have to be in an area away from witnesses to carry a camcorder and be obvious about it.

[Dan Day]

Even if you're packing a pistol, you're not going to be safe from this guy. One shot, one kill. You won't even know what hit you.

If you're his next "150 yard victim", you're probably right.

What you're missing, however, is that the chosen victim isn't the only person in the area -- the shooter chooses busy urban areas to do his sniping.

Sooner or later, an armed bystander is going to be close enough to where the perp lays in wait to pop him as he sets up for a shot, or just after he fires and calls attention to himself by the sound of the shot.

Then, an armed civilian could end his spree forever. As opposed to a disarmed civilian, who could at best stand there and look stupid while the shooter gets away (or notices the bystander and eliminates him as a witness).

Like a lot of "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated" people who like to talk down the usefulness of guns in the hands of civilians, you oversimplify and overlook many of the factors involved.