I don’t own a gun, but the stakes regarding these attacks are becoming too high to do the usual run, hide, fight routine. If I’m in a restaurant and some nut opens fire, I could use a steak knife or a chair to try to stop him. I may not survive, but I may delay him long enough for other people to stop him before he kills everybody in the restaurant.
You express noble sentiments, and I admire that.
However, extensive and authoritative studies have shown that, in actual cases, the flow of adrenaline is so overwhelming that one immediately goes on ‘auto-pilot.’
That is, if one isn’t rehearsed extensively in appropriate responses, one simply freezes. It’s not fear, necessarily, it’s simply neural paralysis brought about by an unfamiliar flood of hormones.
There won’t be time for creative thought. If anything, there will only be time to draw and fire - provided one has rehearsed it until it’s a rote response.
Given the violent nature of modern life, I always encourage anyone concerned to acquire a firearm and train in its use.
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Get a Shovel, it is a Multi-tasker, use it twice