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Mass shootings have happened everywhere--schools, churches, movie theaters, fast food restaurants...
It would seem to a rational person using common sense that avoiding events, etc. is not the answer. This country has a big problem. If the definition of mass shootings is 4 or more, there were 11 during the past week. Barely makes the news any more.
This problem is only getting worse. And we all know why. More guns. More crazies.
Mass shootings have happened everywhere--schools, churches, movie theaters, fast food restaurants...
It would seem to a rational person using common sense that avoiding events, etc. is not the answer. This country has a big problem. If the definition of mass shootings is 4 or more, there were 11 during the past week. Barely makes the news any more.
This problem is only getting worse. And we all know why. More guns. More crazies.
Your two statements contradict each other. Avoiding events is not the answer but the problem is getting worse
At what point is it bad enough to avoid large events with no armed security? Or it shouldn't bother us because it's so rare?
Yes, I would even after yesterday's tragic shooting in California. I went to work at the high school after the Parkland massacre, and I went to church after the synagogue shooting, too. I'm cautious, but I'm not going to lock myself in my house for fear that something terrible will happen.
I didn't vote, because I really don't care for crowds, but if I want to go somewhere, I go. These shootings are tragic, but for every event that gets shot up, there many thousands that do not. I could spend my whole life at home out of fear, and end up breaking my neck getting out of the bathtub.
I agree with this. We're all going to die someday, we never know when it will hit.
And also, I'm not fond of large, screaming crowds. I've been to concerts in the past and I always, always get stuck by the idiot who wants to shrill scream throughout the entire concert, right behind me. How fun.
Unless I'm forced to go through a metal detector upon entry I'm carrying, I don't care where I'm going or what I'm going to see. My safety and the safety of my family is more important than the irrational fears of inanimate objects by idiots. Outside of combat, I've never been in a situation where I needed the firearm I was carrying but I'll be a really happy old man if I take my last breath knowing I carried a gun for 60 or 70 years for no reason. I tend to stay away from large crowds but it has nothing to do with security.
All the ridicule in the world from liberals who claim I'm scared isn't going to change my mind or make me feel bad about taking my protection into my own hands. I'm not going to die hiding in some bathroom stall or under a table hoping that some nut job misses me, If I'm ever put in that unfortunate situation I'm going to down with a pile of empty brass at my feet, at least I fought back and had a better chance than those of us who fear the only tool that could possibly equalize the situation. I know the odds are stacked against me if some guy is firing an AR but I'm still going down fighting.
I've never thought about armed security at any concerts I've been to. I'd guess the officers at the big shows I went to in my younger days were armed. I don't know if every small venue I've been too lately have armed security. My hunch is they do. Didn't do much good in Las Vegas.
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