They all were in gun free zones.....
Legal common concealed carry would have put the damper on most of those.
Lets just say for the sake of argument, every one can CCW, how many people would actually carry a gun? How many of those would actually get training(I'm not talk a basic pistol corse)
The sad reality is, a very small number of people in theis country actually carry a gun, very few of those have had any type of training( other then state mandated) Most LEOs out there only have very basic firearms training, many only fire thier gun for qualifiying.
Here in CA at the age of 15 I passed the CCW shooting test, blindfolded.
the thing that bothers me about living in ny is that I can not carry in nycity legally but anyone with a nycity ccw can carry in upstate counties. Now why is it they have more rights than I do?
Lets just say for the sake of argument, every one can CCW, how many people would actually carry a gun? How many of those would actually get training(I'm not talk a basic pistol corse)
The sad reality is, a very small number of people in theis country actually carry a gun, very few of those have had any type of training( other then state mandated) Most LEOs out there only have very basic firearms training, many only fire thier gun for qualifiying.
Here in CA at the age of 15 I passed the CCW shooting test, blindfolded.
Would you be willing to bet your life on laziness ?
Most LEOs out there only have very basic firearms training, many only fire thier gun for qualifiying. Here in CA at the age of 15 I passed the CCW shooting test, blindfolded.
At that time the test was 20 rounds at 15 ft on a humen shaped torso, there was no time limit 15 of your shots had to hit the target. Now its 15 rounds at 15 ft, 12 must hit the target.
I don't, but many people out there think, "I have a gun, I can protect myself" That simply is not ture.
Its not the tool, its the user. I can let any one here use all my tools, have access to my shop, What are the chances that they can produce they same quality of work I can?
While having access to the right tools, is very helpful, Training, mind set and skill set are by far more important.
I do not agree that some of these people are homocidal maniacs. Some are normal people who snapped because they did not have the emotional support and loss of their jobs. I wonder what the statistics would have been during the Great Depression? People are scared, desperate and watching all that they have worked for disappear. Jobs are nil unless you go into food service.
I was not giving excuses. I guess I failed to mention that it would be best to be ready in any given situation to deal with another person/s violent episode and deal with it accordingly. I just hope that if something went wrong and some mad individual decides to start their own personal eradication of members of society that you and I would be in a position to take care of it. I am not talking about vigilantes either. I am talking about a trained civilian who is able to use discretion and deadly force if need be.