Breaking: At least 18 people were shot inside a Walmart. El Paso (leader, retire)
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There's too much diversity and multiculturalism already. No one can agree on anything anymore and what direction this country should go. We've lost our shared goals, ideals, values etc...
Ah, and there it is. It's only going to become more diverse and more multicultural. Get used to it. I say thank God some of the "values and ideals" of this country have been lost because from what I understand of the history of this country those value and ideals only benefited one demographic.
I'm happy that I got to go to festivals, concerts, and movies when I was young. Now I have no desire to go to any public events. This country is just too damn dangerous now. About one-third of Americans are armed and dangerous, and ready to kill people for any reason they see fit, or for no reason at all.
There was a time not too long ago, anyone could go to Europe and Africa without the risk of being attacked by some deranged lunatic. Now, we got people being stabbed and mowed down by vehicles, bombs being set off at races, and mass terrorist activity going on throughout Africa. It's like the whole world is very, very angry, and many people have decided to kill is the only way to cope with that anger.
If all law-abiding citizens were allowed co carry a concealed weapon, and everybody knew they could, would someone planning to shoot up a Walmart be just as likely to go ahead anyway?
Most people still wouldn’t bother carrying, but a few would. And the shooter would’t know which ones in the crowd, they were.
Some of the shooters would likely change their minds and not do it in the first place.
And how many lives would be saved as a result, without a shot being fired?
Of course they would be just as likely. It's highly unlikely that any one would be concealed carrying an assault rifle. So any law-abiding citizens would be out gunned. So they would be running for their lives like everyone else. Most mass shooters don't expect to survive anyway. So the possibility of a law-abiding citizen shooting them instead of a LEO would have no impact on their decision.
As others have already pointed out, all your plan would do is have a lot of law-abiding citizens shooting each other, and also being shot by arriving LEOs who would have no idea who the bad guy is.
There were 350 white extremist terrorism attacks from 2011 through 2017. All indications are, that this is another one. But even if it's not, white nationalism is the leading cause of mass killings.
It took all of five seconds to find an error, so who knows how many more (it is the NYT after all, a publication known for errors).
Alek Minassian, the Toronto van killer, was not a white supremacist, racism was not a motive.
Ah, took another five seconds to find another error;the Munich mall shooting was by an Iranian, and white supremacy was not the motive, no political motive at all, he was mad and wanted revenge for some issue.
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