THE Gun Thread

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Just found this little graph on Wikipedia’s page On American mass shootings:


Sauce.

It’s rather telling that Biker seems to think we should be focusing our energies on the scenario that seems least likely to do much of anything. Hell, just subduing the shooter without a gun seems to work about twice as often as shooting him

Nicely done. You came up with the stupidest solution!

 How about - the person subduing the attacker is more likely to be unarmed??

A 90 lbs grandmother is pretty unlikely to subdue a 200 lbs man with a knife - 

Unless she happens to be packing a 38 special - and knows how to use it.

Yes, those 90 old grans are famous for their reaction time and cat-like reflexes. Once she digs through her handbag - past the ketchup packets, pictures of the grandkids, hard candies, prescription bottles, and other assorted folderol - and gets her hand on that .38, Mr. Knife Wielding Guy has had it (provided Granny has remembered to load it and didn’t forget how to take the safety off and her aim is good and she hasn’t got the shakes and…).

Boru