Comments on: Gun Nuts Radio: HS Precision, Mumbai, and more http://gunnuts.net/2008/12/03/gun-nuts-radio-hs-precision-mumbai-and-more/ Gun info by shooters, for shooters Mon, 21 May 2012 16:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Saladman http://gunnuts.net/2008/12/03/gun-nuts-radio-hs-precision-mumbai-and-more/#comment-5950 Saladman Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:26:33 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/12/03/gun-nuts-radio-hs-precision-mumbai-and-more/#comment-5950 Here's what bugs me about the idea that armed citizens wouldn't have been able to stop the attack or "turn the tide." They're saying 10 men pulled this off, working in pairs. (Even if initial reports of 15 - 20 were accurate, I think my point will hold.) 170 killed and hundreds injured. Forget winning a running gun battle, forget surviving personally, if one citizen or security guard had fought just long enough to take down one bad guy half way through his spree, that's 7 lives saved. Not to mention taking out one half of a fire team, making the survivor easier game. Heck, somebody reposted a news photograph showing two terrorists standing together; many Americans could have taken them both. Here’s what bugs me about the idea that armed citizens wouldn’t have been able to stop the attack or “turn the tide.” They’re saying 10 men pulled this off, working in pairs. (Even if initial reports of 15 – 20 were accurate, I think my point will hold.) 170 killed and hundreds injured. Forget winning a running gun battle, forget surviving personally, if one citizen or security guard had fought just long enough to take down one bad guy half way through his spree, that’s 7 lives saved. Not to mention taking out one half of a fire team, making the survivor easier game. Heck, somebody reposted a news photograph showing two terrorists standing together; many Americans could have taken them both.

]]> By: mike w. http://gunnuts.net/2008/12/03/gun-nuts-radio-hs-precision-mumbai-and-more/#comment-5949 mike w. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:50:08 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/12/03/gun-nuts-radio-hs-precision-mumbai-and-more/#comment-5949 "men and women were not even granted the opportunity to have the best tools at their disposal to defend their lives from violence, and because of that, we’ll never know if an armed citizen would have made a difference." Absolutely. To be honest I hardly find it relevant to argue over whether armed citizens would have stopped or mitigated the attack. You can never know these things because (as we clearly saw here) it depends not only on being armed, but on the mindset of those who are. Would they make a difference? Maybe, maybe not. You can never know, since it depends on the situation and the people involved. Being armed at least gives them a chance, and that's more important than arguing over "what if's" IMO. “men and women were not even granted the opportunity to have the best tools at their disposal to defend their lives from violence, and because of that, we’ll never know if an armed citizen would have made a difference.”

Absolutely. To be honest I hardly find it relevant to argue over whether armed citizens would have stopped or mitigated the attack. You can never know these things because (as we clearly saw here) it depends not only on being armed, but on the mindset of those who are.

Would they make a difference? Maybe, maybe not. You can never know, since it depends on the situation and the people involved. Being armed at least gives them a chance, and that’s more important than arguing over “what if’s” IMO.

]]> By: Jay G. http://gunnuts.net/2008/12/03/gun-nuts-radio-hs-precision-mumbai-and-more/#comment-5948 Jay G. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:46:38 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/12/03/gun-nuts-radio-hs-precision-mumbai-and-more/#comment-5948 Thanks again for another excellent show! Thanks again for another excellent show!

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