dbackjon wrote:93henfan wrote:
Sounds like all the more reason to have more people armed defensively. Better chance to stop it.
Explain given the factors above, how armed movie goers would have stopped this? More chance of more deaths than less, given the conditions in the theatre
Let me see. Um, I have a gun, there are 300 other people so this guy isn't focused on me. I maneuver and get a clear shot and put a hole through his nose? Maybe 10 less people get killed and 30 less get injured. Sounds like a plan Stan.
Just to address your four points:
1. I've breathed CS gas on numerous occasions. I could still get a shot off, even with burning eyes and a runny nose. CS is designed to make undetermined people who would give us easily go ahead and disperse.
2. If that guy was looking through NVGs while the screen was on, he would have been at a huge disadvantage over me, with eyes already adapted to the lighting and his screen fairly severely washed out.
3. Bulletproof armor: this was his only real advantage. I'd have to hit his face or whatever vulnerable area he presented.
4. Assault rifle: I don't see it as a huge advantage over a handgun in this situation.
Anyway, my point is if say five people drew on this guy, lives would have been saved. The body count would not have increased. The suppressive effect alone would have distracted the fuck out of him until a fatal shot could be delivered by the permit holders.