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In reply to the discussion: Why good guys with guns are not the answer. Illustration. [View all]cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)We have this perfectly common sense thing (gun control) but for some reason the bulk of people advocating this perfectly sensible thing do so with outlandish, intellectually dishonest arguments.
Why?
It is almost as if the dumber the analogy is, the more popular it is. (This is something we have seen with Republicans for years... the use of the worst possible, most self-refuting arguments as some sort of purity test.)
Does anyone think the Newtown shooting would have had the same death toll if a full Secret Service detail had been in the classroom?
Duh.
Arming teachers is a grotesque idea. The reasons to not arm teachers are many... but the idea that no armed person has ever shortened a shooting spree is not one of the reasons.
The graphic in the OP is particularly ridiculous if offered by somebody who wants large capacity clips banned. A secret service detail would have most assuredly stopped the Newtown shooting from methodically executing 20 children, though would perhaps not have stopped him from shooting the first few people.
The argument for limiting magazines is that though it might not prevent the first shooting, at least it would limit the shooter's ability to kill 30 people.