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Originally Posted by SydneyK
I agree. Considering this took place in a tear gas-filled, dark, loud movie theater, I think adding more guns to the mix would just make the environment even more dangerous.
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I cannot disagree enough with your statement. The disturbing thing about active shooter situations (which this was) is that the subject typically only stops shooting because they run out of ammunition, everyone's dead and there's no one left to shoot, or they are stopped by someone (typically law enforcement). The reason why so many people got shot is because the man had no resistance what so ever. Hell, even if a 90 year old grandma started popping rounds at this guy's general direction it would have forced him to duck and get cover, possibly allowing more people to escape. I'm not sure of the exact details of the layout of this theater but since most people either run away or hit the floor from gunmen I don't see a whole lot of danger of people getting in the crossfire. Also, whoever did have a gun would have the element of surprise on this guy since I'm pretty sure he'd have a hard time finding the movie goer with the gun in a dark, smoke filled theater.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
Even if you hit someone on the body armor, it's going to sting enough to slow them down.
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At the very least it will. Ive heard of people getting knocked on their ass with the wind knocked out of them while taking a direct shot to their armor. Of course, it all depends on the caliber of the firearm and type of body armor (soft vs hard)