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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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7. The problem is that none of the opponents arguments

Reply to nitpicker (Reply #5)

Fri May 3, 2019, 11:53 AM

May 2019

are based on facts or logic. According to the FBI, armed citizens are 94 percent effective against attackers. Armed citizens are often better trained, and trains regularly, than police.

police could mistakenly take a teacher for an assailant during a crisis.

Not really a valid argument either. Mass casualty events are usually over in less than five minutes. It takes an average of six minutes before the cops show up, assuming they show up or don't stand around outside with their fingers up their asses, like Broward County, while the attacker is stuffing his face at a Subway three blocks away.

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