Studies show that armed civilians faced with mass shooting scenarios actually are significantly better at discriminating the bad guys and shooting the bad guys (and the bad guys only) than police officers. It is extremely tough to control for the variables, but statistically the numbers are in the armed civilians favor.
Average dead in a mass shooting stopped by Police: 14.3
Average dead in a mass shooting stopped by a citizen: 2.3
Chance of a bystander being shot by a police officer stopping a mass shooting: 11%
Chance of a bystander being shot by a civilian stopping a mass shooting: 2%
Criminals killed each year by Police Officers: 606
Criminals killed each year by civilians: 1527
Kennesaw Georgia had a terrible crime problem in the late 1970s and early 1980's. In 1982 the city council passed a law requiring home owners to own and possess a firearm.
Burglary rates dropped 89% in the first year, while Georgia experienced a drop of 10%. Today, violent crime rates in Kennesaw remain 85% below state and national averages, 33 years after the law was passed.
It would seem that the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding says guns in the hands of civilians work to stop crime, at least in Kennesaw!
Just as a closing thought the young daughter of a good friend said something today that had us all laughing.
"Common sense can't be taught. You are either born with it, or you are a liberal." - Cassidy C.
Average dead in a mass shooting stopped by Police: 14.3
Average dead in a mass shooting stopped by a citizen: 2.3
Chance of a bystander being shot by a police officer stopping a mass shooting: 11%
Chance of a bystander being shot by a civilian stopping a mass shooting: 2%
Criminals killed each year by Police Officers: 606
Criminals killed each year by civilians: 1527
Kennesaw Georgia had a terrible crime problem in the late 1970s and early 1980's. In 1982 the city council passed a law requiring home owners to own and possess a firearm.
Burglary rates dropped 89% in the first year, while Georgia experienced a drop of 10%. Today, violent crime rates in Kennesaw remain 85% below state and national averages, 33 years after the law was passed.
It would seem that the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding says guns in the hands of civilians work to stop crime, at least in Kennesaw!
Just as a closing thought the young daughter of a good friend said something today that had us all laughing.
"Common sense can't be taught. You are either born with it, or you are a liberal." - Cassidy C.
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt