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Originally Posted by dividebyzero
Good article, but a couple of things stood out to me:
2. It seems like the police response in Mumbai demonstrates bad training and lack of familiarity with firearms- examples: the fact that they weren't firing, the picture of the commando firing an MP-5 with one hand. Given that, how would the Indian security forces distinguish between an armed civilian defending themselves, and an attacker dressed in civilian clothes?
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You are correct in thinking armed civilians in this type of attack run the risk of getting shot by the good guys, and any civilian who is carrying a weapon should know how to respond when challanged by responding LEOs as has been discussed many times on this forum. With that being said I take that risk every day I carry, my thought is the risk of being unarmed gives me 0 change of effecting this type of situation or really having much of an effect on my own survival, me carrying my gun gives me some chance to stop an active shooter situation but also makes me a potential target to the good guys, personally I accept the risk.
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Originally Posted by dividebyzero
I don't have any other points of contention with the article, as I feel US gun laws are ridiculous. I'm also not in the military or a LEO, these were just things that came to me in reading the article and taking the events of Mumbai into context.
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I'm curious, which gun laws do you find ridiculous?
My only issues with the article were in regard to the NFL players being targeted, personally if they want to carry for their own protection I have absolutely no problem with that (so long as they're doing it responsibly and legally) after all they are public personalities with money and thus are targets for crazies and criminals. I do however take issue with what Ditka said, I find it to be ridiculous and un-American frankly, what right does he have to try to take away a right guaranteed by the US constitution none IMHO. My other issues with the article are twofold, first is the latest knucklehead who shot himself while carrying, that's just piss poor firearms discipline if you ask me, while I don't think he should do 10 years for it he should get some kind of punishment for carrying illegally and more importantly for discharging his firearm negligently in a crowded place. The second issue I have with regard to the NFL players portion of the article is the fact that many professional athletes are trying to live the thug life while being pro athletes, and as such I think get into more trouble than your average citizen which would explain why they get shot at a higher rate than an average citizen, so that portion of the article doesn't hold as much weight for me.
Otherwise I thought it was a great article.