Yes, The Paris Attacks Might Have Ended Differently If The French Had Concealed Carry

By Bob Owens

Various politicians and pundits have shared their opinions in recent days on whether or not Frances restrictive gun laws played any role in this past Friday’s terror attacks in Paris. Clearly, restrictive French gun laws were no impediment to the eight terrorists who were able to acquire firearms and explosives, but supporters of gun control would make the argument that keeping everyone disarmed is safer.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump declared Paris would have been “much, much different” if some victims had been packing. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tweeted, “Imagine a theater with 10 or 15…concealed carry” guns. “Evil men have to be killed by good people.”

But some reject the premise.

Anti-gun activist Colleen Daley said those who fire back at attacking gunmen have accidentally hit hundreds of innocents in recent years, including in one notorious incident at New York’s Empire State Building.

“Eight other individuals went to the hospital. Those individuals were all shot by New York City police officers,” said Daley. “What we do know factually is more guns in those type of situations …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms