[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm not a gun fan. I'm personally against firearms. All of them. I'm absolutely anti-NRA as it exists today.

But if I ever read a story in a mainstream newspaper, or on mainstream TV, about a citizen in Las Vegas carrying her weapon legally, and managing to successfully prevent the mass shooter by getting him first square in the middle of his forehead, I would be VERY happy to have read it. I would have joined in the masses hailing her as a hero.

That didn't happen though.

It also didn't happen at the Pulse nightclub. Or in Newtown CT. Or at Stoneman Douglas High. Or Rockford IL, Tampa FL, Boynton Beach FL, Atkins, Arkansas, Chicago, Venus, TX, or any of the other dozens of shootings involving more than one victim in a public location around the country in the past few years.

Rapid-fire weapons exist to harm as many people as possible in the shortest period of time. That is why they were invented, why they are marketed, why they exist. Sure lots of people just use them for target shooting at the range. But that's not what they're for.

And no one has successfully stopped a mass shooter from shooting masses with rapid-fire weapons - and in fact, no one has even TRIED to shoot a mass shooter while the mass shooter was actively shooting people...

If someone had stepped up, it would've made national news.

Threatening Jimbob from stealing yer beer at the redneck rave isn't newsworthy (unless Jimbob's throat gets slit or his mom gets impaled on a log, which actually happened this week).

So if you don't read about it, it didn't happen. Very enlightened thinking! If you will do some searching on the internet you will find numerous stories of private citizens protecting themselves with a firearm reported by local news agencies. The national media won't touch those stories because it goes against their anti-gun stance. Many of those places you cited are gun free zones so there wouldn't be any honest citizens there carrying their weapon in order to stop the criminal. Nearly all concealed carry classes tells you that you are not a LEO and do not to try and step in and stop a criminal unless you or family/friends are in immediate danger. You carry a weapon to protect yourself and those close to you, not the general public.