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In reply to the discussion: Why good guys with guns are not the answer. Illustration. [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)please do me the courtesy of reading it completely first.
I do not advocate arming teachers. But I also do not approve of reflexive, illogical arguments that draw invalid conclusions from flawed analogies in an effort to sway weak minds.
If firearms were completely and utterly useless and in fact almost never used in a manner that causes innocent lives to be saved, as the graphic strongly suggests, then we would not allow police to carry them. We would instead send unarmed persons into the path of every gunman, because it would be the best possible tactic of resistance. Except is not. In fact, it's often suicide.
Simply parroting that "more guns equals more violence" is the lazy way out. It's much more complicated than that, and each situation is completely different.