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Reasonable_Argument

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2. A CCW

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 03:01 AM

Jul 2012

would be just about useless in this scenario. An armored shooter with tear gas in a darkly lit theater. It's fantasy at best, I had a CCW and had I been in this recent tragedy with my girlfriend I'd be heading for the door just like everyone else. There are instances where a CCW can change the outcome, this was not one of them.

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