Americans and Guns (post pics of your armory !)

[Barkingturtle]

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If bystanders had guns, they might have helped.

Are you sure bystanders didn't have guns?

I think what you meant to say was: If bystanders had discharged their guns, it might have helped.

Or maybe, more accurately, you meant to say: If a bystander had brought their gun to the movie theater, managed to not get shot before he could react, identified the shooter in a chaotic, darkened theater full of screaming, fleeing victims and tear gas, drew a bead and successfully shot the spree killer, well, that might have helped.

Why is this argument important to people? The argument that "if only someone in the killing field had brought their gun shit would have been different". What about a populous already teeming with firearms makes some people think, "Gee, where can we fit moar guns?"