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In response to "probably not helping the point you wanna make unless its conceal carry is a bad idea." by Will Hunting

Exactly. Like the theater shooting. How many more people would have been killed by a concerned citizen trying to take out the bad guy? -- nm

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Sep 17 '13, 07:57

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Just the other day in New York cops shot 2 innocent bystanders going after a guy they thought was pulling a gun (he wasn't). The guy they were - pmb Sep 17, 08:01 3
- Why not? Everyone is saying that conceal carry will help stop perpetrators. You think they'll show better judgment than trained officers? -- nm - pmb Sep 17, 08:06 1
  - Sorry this should go under Groiny's post. -- nm - pmb Sep 17, 08:07
- I assume they would not be going after the guy? -- nm - groiny Sep 17, 08:02
My idiot buddies were going on how it woulda been different - Will Hunting Sep 17, 08:00
There are some videos out there of "concerned citizens" pulling otu a gun to stop a bad guy. it's terrifying. - loosilu Sep 17, 07:58 3
- I would have assumed the media would have been all over these types of stories -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 07:59 2
  - I saw one where an old guy stopped a robbery and he was shooting kind of wild. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 17, 08:00
  - check the youtubes -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 08:00
which is kind of where I was headed with the depends on the situation. - groiny Sep 17, 07:58
alternativelt, maybe the citizen takes him out before he gets started - Beaker Sep 17, 07:58

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