PBS Pushes Claim That ‘Good Guy With A Gun’ Is A Myth

By Tom Knighton

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

That simple sentence is one of the truest statements one can make when it comes to gun control. Bad people continue to get their hands on firearms regardless of the myriad laws meant to prevent them from doing so. The only thing that stops them, though, is someone who is not a criminal and is also armed.

Bad people don’t like it when good people shoot back.

However, over at PBS–you know, the Public Broadcasting Service that our tax money pays for–it seems that someone doesn’t believe that the idea of a good guy with a gun is a real thing.

Gun rights enthusiasts have embraced the idea of the “good guy” as a model to emulate – a character role that just needed real people to step in and play it. The NRA store even sells T-shirts with LaPierre’s slogan, and encourages buyers to “show everyone that you’re the ‘good guy’” by buying the T-shirt.

The problem with this archetype is that it’s just that: an archetype. A fictional fantasy.

Really? Show your work.

Here’s my rebuttal: Roughly 2.5 …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms