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I see you conveniently ignored my central point. I'm going to, safely I think, assume that's because you can't think up a counter to it.
No, you can't make the call as to whether what he did was the smart thing to do. None of us can, because we weren't there. Was it the smart thing to do, or did he do something stupid and just get really lucky? I don't know, and neither do you.
You need to relax. I'm not trying to take your guns away. I'm simply pointing out that your arguments in favor of guns are not logical. Just because you manage to dig up one or two stories in which a gun stopped someone from getting hurt does not mean you can generalize that to the entire population and say everyone should carry. Everyone should not carry, just as everyone should not drive. If we had better controls on both, there'd be fewer accidental shootings and fewer traffic accidents.
Keep in mind that whatever story of John Q. Public saving the day you come up with, I can counter with the Vice President shooting his friend in the neck.
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