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dixiegrrrrl

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16. Somebody wrote the same common sense thing

Reply to MillennialDem (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 05:52 PM

Jun 2016

Basically, he said, in a situation like that, you are dead, for all intents and purposes, so you have nothing to lose if you are close enough to tackle the shooter.

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Officers may have shot Orlando club patrons [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 OP

We've been suggesting that for days malaise Jun 2016 #1

100 shot SirBrockington Jun 2016 #2

Well in a crowded club like that the bullets could very well go through more than 1 person. Not that MillennialDem Jun 2016 #8

The 'good guys with the guns'? Aristus Jun 2016 #3

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #4

roh oh... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #15

If this is true, it's difficult to blame the police PJMcK Jun 2016 #5

Exactly...not a surprise...and not intentional joeybee12 Jun 2016 #6

Curiously, no one in the club seems to have been armed PJMcK Jun 2016 #7

It's because in most shootings like this, the armed people tend to run just like everyone MillennialDem Jun 2016 #9

Thanks for the analysis of options PJMcK Jun 2016 #10

Yep, obviously at least 100 people there. 200? 500? 1000? The probability that no one was carrying a MillennialDem Jun 2016 #11

Somebody wrote the same common sense thing dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #16

Right. Facing someone with a gun is obviously bad, but if you MillennialDem Jun 2016 #17

Illegal to carry in a club in Florida even if you have a permit and are not drinking Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #12

Thanks for that information, Lee-Lee (n/t) PJMcK Jun 2016 #13

An argument can be made that being in a large herd of people dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #22

There is a pattern to where these types events occur nt Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #23

The club was a gun free zone philosslayer Jun 2016 #14

Okay. Iggo Jun 2016 #18

Uh... The first person he fought with was an armed security guard Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #19

Thanks, I missed that detail PJMcK Jun 2016 #21

Not really surprised in that situation... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #20

*Yes* and *of COURSE* - which is actually an argument against the gunnerters. UTUSN Jun 2016 #24