Originally Posted by Martya

I read a story of a woman who, due to state carry restrictions, had to leave her gun in her car when she was meeting her parents at a restaurant. Eating with her parents someone opened up inside the restaurant and killed and wounded a bunch of people, IIRC her parents were included. Her interview on TV was much to the effect that if she had been allowed to carry her firearm inside the restaurant she would have had a chance at defending herself, her family, and the people inside, perhaps reducing the magnitude of this tragedy. I recall the state changed the law regarding restaurant carry not long after that. Sorry I don't recall which state or when.

Of course, THAT would never make national TV.

Instead, we get a "fixed" scenario of a shooter knowing and targeting the one person who is armed in a crowd. Too bad Mr. Johnny Airsoft didn't think to mention that if others in that crowd were armed perhaps he would still be 'alive.' That would be the time they go to commercial...