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Will this incident encourage more criminals to carry guns? Probably because they will feel the need to protect themselves against the possibility of encountering armed victims. So this so called good Samaritan may be creating more problems than he solves in the long run.


God you are so retarded. Do you realize that in some parts of certain countries you could be sterilized for what you just said?

Criminals will ALWAYS have guns and they'll always be armed! They're armed even in DC where NOBODY is armed! Why's that? Because they know that if they're armed nobody will try and resist them out of fear.

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It starts an arms race because criminals feel more of a need to arm themselves if they know they are more likely to encounter people who are armed. And criminals have the advantage of surprise so a gun benefits a criminal more than a law abiding citizen in a violent situation.


Criminals are going to have their guns whether or not law-abiding citizens are armed. They're cowards who NEED guns because they don't want to get into a fight and would rather dominate through intimidation. When they know that the playing field is more leveled they're forced to be on the defensive.

Look at Britain, look at Japan. Do they still have gun crime? Yes. Do criminals have guns while honest people don't? Yes. Are criminals using them even though they don't need to? @#%$ YES!


Yet again with the f word