Like most prudent people in today's America, I keep a pistol handy . Doing so is a nuisance but not a danger . If I never need it, the nuisance will be the only price paid for preparedness . So.....I've covered all the bases, or so I thought !
About 2 active shooter massacres back, a former NRA instructor got an AR-15 out of his safe and ran toward the danger, loading a magazine as he ran . He shot the murderer and we're grateful for that but ---- the hero was obviously not prepared for an active shooter situation . If he had kept his AR-15 loaded and accessible, he could have probably saved more lives by getting to that church sooner . ( And people would have called him a paranoid nut for thinking he needed a loaded AR-15 in his house .)
Question : Are active shooters and ISIS " lone wolves " reason enough for citizens to keep rifles ready and should local police and elected officials be encouraged to call on such citizens in emergencies ?
Perhaps it is time to unleash a " well-regulated militia " on the occasional mass killer .
Your thoughts and comments are invited .
About 2 active shooter massacres back, a former NRA instructor got an AR-15 out of his safe and ran toward the danger, loading a magazine as he ran . He shot the murderer and we're grateful for that but ---- the hero was obviously not prepared for an active shooter situation . If he had kept his AR-15 loaded and accessible, he could have probably saved more lives by getting to that church sooner . ( And people would have called him a paranoid nut for thinking he needed a loaded AR-15 in his house .)
Question : Are active shooters and ISIS " lone wolves " reason enough for citizens to keep rifles ready and should local police and elected officials be encouraged to call on such citizens in emergencies ?
Perhaps it is time to unleash a " well-regulated militia " on the occasional mass killer .
Your thoughts and comments are invited .