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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I beg to differ. I'm reasonably sure that after the 3rd person was shot, everyone knew what the hell was going on.
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In which incident? In the NY the people in the first classroom had no idea of what was going on when they were shot. The people in the following classrooms ran and hid knowing there were shots, but without any idea of what sort of shooting and who was the shooter. Just as possible as the "if so and so had a gun he could stop the shooter" scenarios are the "people get trigger happy and shoot anyone they think is the shooter" scenarios.
Point being that random acts of random violence are not basis for policy shift. There are many and valid arguments for and against gun control, as there are many and valid arguments for and against gun ownership and concealed carry or open carry.
Stopping random acts of violence by people intent on doing as much harm as they can before they off themselves is not one of them ( and that goes for people advocating gun control because of them too).