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Any armed citizen is better than no armed citizens.
I could be wrong but from what I saw in the Mumbai videos, and what I have read armed people could have reduced the damage and death toll. Some possible examples of places and times when armed people could have had an impact.
The video in the train station shows one terrorist walkiing unchallanged through the terminal, one or more armed civilian could have stopped him with some training or luck.
On the streets I don't know and have no information to make a guess about what may have helped.
The public areas of the hotel had both guests and employeed they had no way to defend themselves. Armed guests and or employees could have reduced the number of attackers or at least forced them to slow down or change plans.
Hotel guests in their rooms if armed could barricade the entry points and offered a last line of defense. Even armored attackers offer targest when slowed down by barricades and obsticles.
I am untrained in close combat, and could easily have this all wrong, but my opinion is that any action is better than rolling over to die.
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