According to the mayor of New York, from the Washington Post "Bloomberg said some of the nine people who were hit outside the Empire State Building may have been shot accidentally by police. "
Given that police officers have to maintain minimum standards in marksmanship, if there had been more concealed carry in NYC, do you honestly think that more people would not have been shot by panicked amateurs in this circumstance? On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:35 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > I disagree, a couple of concealed carry individuals and this could have > ended much sooner. > > NYC is already one of the worst places in the U.S. for gun owners. Their > laws are as bad as Illinois and even worse than California. > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Probably a lot more. Think of it, if 5 or 6 people were armed they'd >> be shooting rather wildly or at each other. And this would be >> happening while people are running and trying to get away. It would be >> a slaughterhouse. >> >> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/empire-state-building-sho_n_1827534.html?1345815551&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 >> > >> > Is this the third one in a month? >> > >> > First reaction is to get all the guns off the streets. Another is would >> > things have been different if more people were armed? Would less people >> > have been killed? >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
