âVirginia Beach shooting demonstrates the need for armed citizens...â
No, it doesnât.
Armed civilians lack both the training and experience to successfully engage with an active shooter.
Indeed, armed civilians in such a situation will only endanger others, resulting in additional deaths and injuries, while doing nothing to neutralize the threat.
Moreover, armed civilians in an active shooter situation are at risk of being killed by law enforcement, mistaken by police as being the active shooter.
Citizens have the right to carry firearms pursuant to lawful self-defense â not act in the compacity of âlaw enforcement,â or to âcombat crime,â or as a âdeterrentâ to mass shootings.