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Gun Control Reform Activism

applegrove

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4. No. I'm saying a pistol is no match for an assault weapon. Especially if it is a guard

Reply to holdencaufield (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 09:30 PM

Apr 2013

who 1) has never discharged an arm in a crisis situation

2) is a guard who has never been in a crisis situation.

People don't react the way they assume they will when they have a gun. They are much slower. I saw a study on it on the news. If there was an armed guard at Sandy Hook Lanza would have been aware of that and would have put himself in a situation where he could see the door.

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So is the right saying that there should be people in schools with assault rifles with [View all] applegrove Apr 2013 OP

I thought it was a plan to equip school personnel with sidearms. Loudly Apr 2013 #1

I'm saying that if you follow their logic then the staff would have to have assault rifles. applegrove Apr 2013 #2

Why? AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #10

How many points do you give that? CokeMachine Apr 2013 #7

"some guard with a pistol would not have stopped Adam Lanza" holdencaufield Apr 2013 #3

No. I'm saying a pistol is no match for an assault weapon. Especially if it is a guard applegrove Apr 2013 #4

Kinda smart-alecky. don't you think? Kingofalldems Apr 2013 #9

Approximately 98,000 plus public schools in the US MichiganVote Apr 2013 #5

I don't know. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #6

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