Some Say “Good Guy With A Gun” Argument Invalid After Vegas Shooting

By Brandon Curtis

After the horrible shooting in Las Vegas a few days ago, many are flocking to social media to say their ‘for’ or ‘against’ more gun control. One argument that gun control advocates are latching onto is the ‘good guy with a gun’ scenario.

They say that the incident in Las Vegas proves that a good guy with a gun is not the answer.

For my response, I’ll have to break this down into a few parts. Bear with me as I try not to make a complete mess out of this.

TRUE: A concealed carrier would likely not have stopped the gunman

When I first posted about the incident, I noticed quite a few comments about the theory of having an armed citizen in the vicinity. The reality isn’t that simple, as the gunman was hundreds of yards away on a 30+ floor of a hotel. It’d be near impossible to effectively hit the target, if not completely impossible. Pistols aren’t for long-range use, and even 100 concealed carriers in the crowd would have had an extremely hard time stopping the gunman. The only good possibility I see is if he knew that he were being fired upon, but the firing …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation