Another Shooting, Another Gun Free Zone

[Conina]

sc94597 said:

Conina said:

sc94597 said:

"Why would they need to carry guns?" To prevent one guy from killing 69 people. Such a thing would not happen in the U.S in any place where guns are legal and freely available to both individuals and the police. The largest mass-shooting in the U.S was Virginia Tech (likely a gun-free zone) and 32 people died there.

So the brave American civilians with their guns saved the day in these mass shootings and prevented further killings by incapacitating the perpetrator(s)?

Or did the police force had to do it?

Both.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/10-potential-mass-shootings-that-were-stopped-by-someone-wit#.bdNX8jQD8

Just read the comments of your own URL... most of these 9 cases spanning 15 years (didn't they find a tenth case to present a sweet top ten?) were police officers and the rest are perhaps palliated. There is another article in the comments: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/armed-civilians-do-not-stop-mass-shootings