Firearms as a deterrent

[Gun Nut]

Texas gun laws: Weapons will be allowed in churches and on school grounds (CNN).


It will be interesting to see how this plays out: A common sense approach to deterring mass shootings OR allowing more of the genie out of the lamp to reek further havoc. However, I’m thinking it would be a something of a costly mistake in Texas, to pull out a firearm in a public place, without having a very good reason.


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-Gun Nut

[Jeff Kavanagh]

It's a different world there, and it's difficult to compare our societies.

The cat's already out of the bag there and creating "gun-free" zones and putting up "gun-free" signs acts like a bullseye for all the sickos out there. I'm of the mindset that you don't have to be afraid of a good guy with a gun. You never see these shootings happen in inner-city schools. Why? Because the inner city schools have metal detectors and security guards in the schools.

[rick_iles]

A “good guy” brandishing a gun during a shooting incident runs a very high risk of being shot by first responders. Bad guys and good guys all look the same to police when they first arrive. They don’t have the luxury of time taken to sort things out.

[trimmer21]

It's a different world there, and it's difficult to compare our societies.

The cat's already out of the bag there and creating "gun-free" zones and putting up "gun-free" signs acts like a bullseye for all the sickos out there. I'm of the mindset that you don't have to be afraid of a good guy with a gun. You never see these shootings happen in inner-city schools. Why? Because the inner city schools have metal detectors and security guards in the schools.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Sam Menard]

When everyone is packing, then everyone is a potential bad guy. Gun fights over parking spaces !

[dilly]

I don’t think there are any or very many examples of active shooters being stopped by lawful gun owners even with so many mass shootings. It’s almost always a first responder or off duty first responder trained to respond to these incidents who kills the guy or causes the shooter to kill himself. More guns is just going to complicate the mess they are in IMO.

[MikePal]

Less than 5% of the population will instinctively run 'into' danger...armed or not. They test that when recruiting first responders.

From what I have seen on CCTV videos those that pull their gun and shoot are largely ineffectual.

[trimmer21]

Unless an armed person has training in CQB,99% of CCW people,in a panic situation,couldn't hit a cow in the arse with snow shovel. They blaze away hitting everything except the target like a bunch of Toronto gangbangers.

[Jeff Kavanagh]

Well, setting up gun free zones and having everyone disarmed is akin to creating a shooting range for the bad guys. There's a reason all of these mass shootings occur in gun free spaces. The shooter is safe. You never see a shooter enter a gun store. It's more of the idea that there may be armed people there which deters the incident from happening. Actually if you look up some stats, you can find many incidents where gun crimes or crime in general has been halted just with the suggestion of a firearm there.

[MikePal]

I do believe that Texas is a concealed carry state...yet today's mass shooting took place there. The idea that some of the citizens may be armed didn't deter this nut.

Authorities said Sunday they still could not explain why a man with an AR-style weapon opened fire during a routine traffic stop in West Texas to begin a terrifying, 10-mile (16-kilometre) rampage that killed seven people, injured 22 others and ended with officers gunning him down outside a movie theatre.