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no, if you want to survive a mass shooting, you don’t need to do anything, especially not buy a gun, and your likelihood of not dying by mass shooting stays the
by clairity 4y ago
no, if you want to survive a mass shooting, you don’t need to do anything, especially not buy a gun, and your likelihood of not dying by mass shooting stays the same, basically zero. your chances of dying by gun increase much more simply by having one than you could ever hope to reduce the risk of dying by mass shooting by having one. if you were in the exceedingly unlikely scenario of a mass shooting, brandishing a gun increases your likelihood of dying in that situation several-fold, rather than materially increasing your chances of stopping the mass shooter or even saving your own life.
- mwint 4y agoNever brandish a gun. Proper training means going from deep concealment to shots on target in a few seconds, maximum. Your cited statistic is one reason open carry is a Bad Idea; it puts you first in line to be eliminated. Concealment, all the way.
- clairity 4y agoi'd take that further a say never have a gun, concealed or not. the chances, even with great training, practice, and discipline, to use it in a way that harms only the perpetrator and no one else, especially not yourself, is fantastically small (much less than lightning strike chances). my veteran friend who trains others on firearms and has a license to carry would say the same thing.