[Puppage]

I carry a concealed handgun on my person everywhere I go

Me, too. And, YES. I am safer.

[robertpaulsen]

Has anyone asked the lawyer (who was shot) how he now feels about concealed carry?

I would love to hear his response.

[from occupied ga]

California sucks, and I'm glad I got out when I did.

To mr Worden's choice of CA, you can add IL, RI, NY, MA, CT, DE, NJ, DC, and MD.

[NonValueAdded]

"...I'd have stopped the attack immediately with one bullet to the assailant's ahead. " which is much more effective than a shot to his behind. :)

[harpu]

No one came to the aid of the lawyer being shot at because the people witnessing the shooting knew the man be shot at was a LAWYER.

If all were known, there were probably some who left the scene of the shooting to go for more ammunition so the shooter could finish the job on the LAWYER instead of just getting started on his (the shooter's) good intentions.

[Cagey]

BTTT

[Travis McGee]

Concealed Carry Bump!

This article makes a great point about what happens in so-called "gun free zones," which are an armed criminal's dream. Lliberals never get the point, which is that criminals LOVE GUN CONTROL LAWS!

But in Cali it goes even further. None of those sheeple bystanders was willing to tackle that shooter from behind, just smash him into that tree and break his arm in the process! Why? One of the cameramen could have smashed his head in with a camera, instead of filming it!

Bunch of cowards.

[jackibutterfly]

You want to know what is even more nuts? When I lived in CA, my boyfriend didn't have a conceal-carry license to carry a gun, but he had a license. He also carried mace. He got that mace from the police in Washington state. I got one, too. The police were giving away little tubes of mace from a booth at a fair; I think it was in Tacoma. Anyhow, we moved to CA in the 80's. One time, my husband was traveling to some training (he was in the Navy, a Chief) on his motorcycle, and he had gotten stopped for speeding by the police on I-5 and was searched. The police discovered the gun and the mace, and promptly hauled him off to jail. Guess what? He was charged with a misdemeanor for the concealed gun, and a FELONY for the mace! For mace! Having that little tube of mace was as criminal as someone who's committed a murder! a Can you believe that? He spent a week in jail. I asked a bunch of police and even some lawyers why, and all they could tell me was that it was the law. Unreal! California! I now live in Colorado!

[RicocheT]

Remember, if you come to the defense of another, it has to be a reasonable belief you are saving a life.

Here, a lawyer, a non life form, was being hurried on to where he will reside in the afterlife, the lowest level of hell.

Coming to the aid of him may not be a reasonable act and you would do well to not intervene, as did the onlookers you decry.

[freekitty]

I have heard, contrary to popular tv opinion, that most average citizens only average about 8% accuracy.

[1Old Pro]

When I viewed the film, my attention went to the bystanders, who mostly held their hands to their faces, screaming in terror.

Except for the gal in the red shorts gabbing on the pay phone on the sidewalk, I don't think she even noticed.

[Grim]

The TV cameraman seen pointing at the shooter as he was strolling away from the attack said on Fox News that he was, in fact, carrying at the time.

[Aquinasfan]

When I viewed the film, my attention went to the bystanders, who mostly held their hands to their faces, screaming in terror. Not one of them tried to stop the attack, and why none of them had a gun.

I didn't see anyone screaming in terror. I saw people standing by doing nothing. Especially repugnant were the cameramen who kept on filming when they could have jumped the guy. Disgusting.

[MEGoody]

"nobody else had a gun to stop the attack."

I thought I had heard there were some cops there at the courthouse, and I'm sure they would have had guns. It also amazes me that, with the guy intent on shooting the attorney, someone didn't just sneak up on him from behind and tackle him. (Just like what eventually happened, although a heck of a lot sooner.)

[AngryJawa]

Here's a question:

Let's say someone with a legal CCW (not likely in CA, but let's pretend) ran 50 yards to the aid of that lawyer and then put the attacker down. How much trouble would he be in?

[Oztrich Boy]

and nobody else had a gun to stop the attack.

Objection: assumes facts not in evidence.

They could have, but not wanted to.