Here you go DU, one of those good guy with a gun stories. Sarcasm warning.

[sarisataka]

33. I rarely comment on anything the NRA says

Nor do I typically bother to refute obviously false statements.

However since you expressed interest- the "good guy with a gun" statement is, as most absolute statements, patently false. There are many instances of a person with a gun stopped by people using other weapons or even unarmed. Even if one has a gun there is no guarantee the "bad guy" will be stopped.

Also for some unknown reason people have mentally added a correlation that a gun prevents its user from being harmed. This case illustrates that fallacy.

OTH statistics show that if faced with an armed attacker, victims fair best if they have firearms themselves. Victims are less likely to be killed and injuries are less than comparable unarmed victims.

These big picture statistics however conceal some important caveats. Simply carrying a gun does not automatically equate to proficiency. As one quote said, the source escapes me, having a gun makes you a gunfighter the same as owning a guitar makes you a musician.

More important than even than skill is the willingness to use a gun against another person to defend yourself. All the skill in the world is useless if when faced with a threat you cannot pull the trigger. There are many people who, even in a life and death situation, are completely unable to harm another person. I don't fault anyone in this category, in fact they are probably some of the best of humanity, but I would say they should never carry a weapon they can never use.