Where are all these good guys with guns when you need them?

[jmowreader]

Isn't that what the NRA says? "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

Well...where the fuck were they when a bad guy with a gun needed shooting?

[Walleye]

1. The bad guy was very wearing body armor. So the good guy was killed

Big hole in their theory there.

[sop]

6. The NRA is updating it, from now on it will be "a good guy with a gun and body armor."

[Walleye]

8. I wouldn't put it past them

[keithbvadu2]

2. Intimidating women and children

[pwb]

3. Maybe the Black citizenry doesn't own guns ?

They may now.

[Mister Ed]

9. Tough call.

I'm trying to put myself in a Black man's shoes, and asking myself, will carrying a gun make me and my family safer, or put us in even more danger?

This first thought that comes to mind is the tragic fate of Philandro Castile here in Minnesota, who was shot when he carefully explained to an officer that he had a permit for his concealed weapon.

[Skittles]

12. yes

because nothing decreases gun violence like more guns

[LonePirate]

4. A retired officer was working security and shot the suspect's armor. The shooter then killed him.

The right's next talking point will be not enough good guys have guns.

[DBoon]

5. Good guys don't have guns with them

A good guy isn't always looking for an opportunity to kill someone

[billh58]

7. The NRA "good guys" are

hanging out with Ted Nugent and the rest of the cold-dead-hands Second Amendment absolutists trying to solicit money for NRA memberships. These cowards don't want to actually be involved in gun play unless it's against a defenseless animal, or while standing their ground against an unarmed minority.

[dchill]

10. Turns out they're not all that good...

...walking around with loaded guns is not, after all, a good thing. It's an immature, fearful asshole kind of thing.

[Skittles]

11. they are shitting bricks and running like everyone else

and when they do shoot, they complicate matters for law enforcement