posted on Aug, 5 2012 @ 01:52 PM
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Or causing more harm because:
A) If you miss a shot...you are likely to hit someone else.
B) When the police do get there and see multiple people with a gun, you distract them.
A) Is just a false argument. Unless there is a dense crowd of people behind the assailant it is just absurd to think that. There is much more open
space than space occupied by people. Those that do carry most likely have good gun control. Also those that do carry are unlikely to just point and
fire wildly, knowing that doing so could injure an innocent, give away their position making them vulnerable and potentially carry legal liability.
B) The armed citizen would also likely lay down their weapon once a LEO entered the area they are in. Using common sense in not wanting to be shot by
Sorry Springer. Outkast, if you would like to continue our debate feel free to U2U me. I'll stick to the topic now.
edit on Sun, 05 Aug 2012
13:56:40 -0500 by sporkmonster because: (no reason given)