>>> >>>That could be a very interesting question to ask directly of the NRA: "How many shooting incidents in the last X years were ended by armed members of your organization, who were not trained professionals acting in the course of their regular duties?" >> >>I'm sure they wouldn't dodge the question as they have run a column in National Rifleman since 1958 addressing exactly that question >> >> >>http://www.nraila.org/armedcitizen/ >> >>http://www.old-yankee.com/rkba/armcit/ >> >>Of course this isn't objective but I assume all the facts stated are checkable and I don't ever remember anyone "exposing" their making it all up and I'm sure in 52 years somebody would have if that were the issue. > >Thanks for the links - I looked for something like that earlier on the NRA site but couldn't find anything. > >Searching on the keyword "mass" gives a bunch of hits but most seem to be basically self-defense. On an admittedly brief scan, I didn't see any cases where an armed citizen, acting as a third party, ended an incident.
010000110101001101101000011000010111001001110000010011110111001001000010011101010111001101110100 "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.) "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown "De omnibus dubitandum"
