” Alas, no Californians with the clout to obtain a CCW would condecend to riding BART.”
One of the FIRST rules of any lawful CCW. Is to NOT KNOWINGLY put yourself into a situation where you would NEED to use it.
Or, put even more simply.. You don’t strap on your ccw and then go LOOKING for trouble.
If over the last many decades some small percentage of regular BART riders were armed, a few attacks would have been stopped short.
That would be sufficient to discourage the trouble makers.
Unfortunately, California's unconstitutional restrictions make walking out your front door "knowingly putting yourself into a bad situation".
Well it’s nice to have when trouble comes looking for you.
My wife and her sister were going to take BART to San Francisco to jump on a plane. I said I’ll take you.