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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
I was trained to shoot a 22, Glock and Winchester Rifle. Ironically, I cannot target due to a field cut in my optic nerve. So I plan on refraining from ever concealing a weapon. I will leave that to the experts.
Having worked on a campus during a shooting where 3 professors lost their lives, the plan for this kind of incident is always retrospective. We NEVER know when someone will flip out.
The other issue is there are quite a few students who grew up in a "demilitarized zone". Either in the US or foreign. Some of these kids actually can fire of a sub-automatic and hit their targets... Especially the children who are now adults from foreign countries. And let's think about how many kids who are now adults that grew up in gangland.
I do not want to restrict one's access to guns, but I have lost friends due to gun violence for dumb reasons. And to have it concealed weapons on a college campus, the ivory tower, what are we espousing? Higher learning? But to take that lunatic out, the kinds of guns he had--do you all think a Glock would have taken him out before he killed? Just asking?
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You're right about us not knowing. I think it is a valid conversation to have, but we have to be careful about assuming one of us with a weapon could have stopped it. That said, I think those who scream that we'd have 20 people dead instead of 6 are even more ridiculous.
Regarding your question about a Glock, sure, absolutely. Now, I don't know that it would have kept everyone alive, but I think under the right circumstances the damage certainly could have been mitigated. I'm not a Glock fan, but 2 in the chest or one in the head from a 9mm, .40 or .45 Glock is going to severely limit the ability of someone to keep up a barrage of gunfire. As most gun owners will admit, adrenaline and stress is different for each person, and who knows how well they'll perform. But a moderately trained individual can make head and center mass shots from 30-45 feet, and well placed (or enough) rounds from a Glock or any other pistol would have a very good chance of impairing the assailant. So I'm surely not saying it is a certainty, but I do wish one of those students at VT or NIU had been a well trained individual carrying a gun. Perhaps some of the loss could have been avoided.