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Originally Posted by thinkxingu
I'd be interested to know how many of those people in the Texas (open carry) Walmart were armed and how that correlates to the, "only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun" narrative.
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Maybe no one, if that Walmart posted 30.06 and 30.07 signs that prohibit carrying in a business. Depending on how crowded the store was, someone who was armed might not have had a safe shot to take at the suspect, without fear of injuring or killing someone behind their intended target. Or there was no way to take a safe shot because of people running every which way between the armed citizen and the shooter. Way too many variables to consider.
Not too long ago, there was an armed person who tried to take out a bad guy in a store. Unbeknownst to that person, there was a second shooter, who shot and killed the armed good guy. That incident drove home the fact that you can't get tunnel vision in a shooting situation, and you have to keep your head on a swivel.