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by GVIrish 4488 days ago
There was a mall shooting in Portland where the shooter when confronted by an armed citizen, disengaged, then shot himself.

http://www.kgw.com/news/Clackamas-man-armed-confronts-mall-s...

It seems that these shooters seek out soft targets where they are unlikely to encounter armed resistance. Not saying that we should put an armory in every school, just that these shooters aren't looking to get in a shoot out. If they were they'd go try to shoot up a police station.