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In reply to the discussion: Why good guys with guns are not the answer. Illustration. [View all]billh58
(6,635 posts)out the flaws in your argument that the Reagan assassination attempt was a bad example about the "good guys with a gun" bullshit. It is, in fact, a perfect example of how Wayne LePew's and the NRA's talking points are designed to plant fear into the minds of the American people, and is no guarantee against a mass killing. And just fyi, the Reagan assassination attempt was a mass shooting.
It was indeed your talking point that having armed teachers or guards in schools would "reduce" the violence and possibly keep the number of fatalities down. That is NOT an acceptable solution because it is just as possible that more children would die from from "friendly fire." Armed guards didn't prevent the Columbine mass shooting, or even slow it down.
The answer is effective gun control, and NOT entering an arms race with the "bad guys."