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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.
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That would be the Luby's massacre in Killeen, Texas on October 16, 1991. The gunman killed 23 people and wounded 20.
Luby's massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In response to the massacre, the Texas Legislature passed a shall-issue gun law in 1995 which requires that all qualifying applicants be issued a Concealed Handgun License, removing the personal discretion of the issuing authority to deny such licenses.