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by miguelrochefort 3866 days ago
A recent tweet by Newt Gingrich echoes precisely that:

https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/665312487147896832

I understand that this is not the popular opinion around here, but I genuinely can't think of an alternative.

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I call bullshit on that. Tell me one theater/school/whatever attack in the States that has been foiled by armed citizens.
According to the FBI (https://leb.fbi.gov/2014/january/active-shooter-events-from-...):

[In] 33 percent (17) of the cases that ended before the police arrived, the potential victims at the scene stopped the shooter themselves. Most commonly they physically subdued the attacker (14 cases), but 3 cases involved people at the scene shooting the perpetrator to end the attack.

So it appears that even the FBI says there were 3 over a span of 12 years that were foiled by armed citizens. And that fully one third of them were stopped by citizens without guns.

I would assume that if everybody were armed then, that more than 33 percent would be foiled by armed citizens.

That is of course, if you accept the Federal Bureau of Investigation to be a credible source

Concealed carry permit holders actually follow the law and don't solicit businesses that are "gun free zones."
"Since 2009, 92 Percent of Mass Shootings Have Occurred in Gun-Free Zones"

http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/10/since-2009-92-percent-of-m...

But what is the proportion of not gun free colleges ? (because this is where most shooting are)
Whether you agree with him or not, you have to admit that the timing of that politically-charged tweet was in incredibly poor taste.
Fully disagree.

It is precisely during tragic times like these that people need to be reminded that an unarmed citizenry is completely vulnerable to armed criminals/terrorists.

Gun control has zero effect on people who don't care about the law.

And many innocent people have just died as a result. Hundreds of families have just been forever changed because of it.

"Now is the time" = I agree with the argument.

"Now is not the time" = I disagree with the argument.

I can't think of a better opportunity to post such a tweet.