"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:38:30 -0800 (PST), RicodJour
wrote:

On Jan 10, 1:01 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I once pulled a handgun to stop two dogs from making lunch of out of
son's
legs. There was no risk to anyone but the two dogs. Unfortunately, the
owner
stopped them before I could dispatch them.

Unfortunately...? You wanted to shoot the dogs? Interesting. I've
never threatened a dog, but I have told the owner I would be punching
him in the face unless he controlled his dogs.

You can't generalize. All civilian gun confrontations are theoretical
until
they actually happen.

Don't take this the wrong way, but those last two sentences have no
information in them. Everything is theoretical until it happens.
Everything. It doesn't change the scenario I presented. Guy with a
gun ready to die, and scared people with guns shooting back - some
might hit the gunman and some will hit other people.


I don't have any numbers, but seems to me when an armed "civvie" stops
mayhem, it's usually an off-duty cop.
The armed civvie in Tucson was immaterial - he got there after the
mayhem was over.
Personally I have no problem with civilians carrying, as long as they
have training.
But when a wacko can get off 30 rounds in maybe 6 seconds,
the party is over pretty fast.
An unarmed old lady stopped this guy.

--Vic



The armed guy in Tucson also said he would've been hesitant to use his gun,
since it might've caused more problems than it solved. Smart guy.