First you need to understand that many mass murders occur in gun free zones. I don’t carry where it is not legal to carry. Shooters like gun free zones because they can avoid armed citizens.
I live in Florida where open carry in public is prohibited. Many legally armed citizens are carrying compact light weight handguns under their light Florida clothing that are concealable and accurate at close range but hard to shoot accurately at long range. If a shooter is 50 feet away from me and moving I may not want to risk a shot as I may hit an innocent person.
The shooter may be using a rifle with a 20 round or 30 round magazine while I have a handgun. Advantage shooter.
How do I know that I am not witnessing an undercover police officer or a person legally defending himself without observing for a minute?
I may have family members with me and if so, my first priority would be escort them to safety.
There are examples of citizens stopping mass murders. Usually the mainstream media buries this fact like a dog burying a bone.
A woman at a birthday party drew her pistol and left the gunman with multiple wounds, police say.
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In the aftermath of the shooting, Willeford has quickly become an example for pro-gun advocates to point to when defending their argument that the best defense against mass shooting is a better-armed and better-trained civilian populace that is ready to defend itself, anytime and anywhere.
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Elisjsha Dicken, 22, gestured to other shoppers to flee "as he engaged and closed in on the suspect", say police.
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A shooting in Fort Smith, Arkansas that left an elderly woman dead could have had many more victims,
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Don’t look now, but yet another armed citizen has stopped a spree killer. This defensive gun use took place in Detroit after three people had been killed and another wounded. Dontae Ramon Smith, 19 years old, began shooting people apparently at random. After shooting and wounding a fourth, an...
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