After the rampage in Binghamton last week, 80/20 had a segment on guns. I’d recommend watching the whole thing. You can see it here.
My favorite part was the experiment where they tested people’s ability to react under fire. They put people into a classroom environment with a real gun loaded with paint pellets, and then they re-enacted a mass shooting. As the study showed, even with training, it’s hard for armed civilians to defend themselves–some of them got the guns caught in their shirts, some got shot in the head, and some just froze. People think they could avoid the violence if only they were armed, but it’s not as simple as it seems.
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Most people can’t even handle an irate customer, let alone a crazed gunman.
No kidding. Seriously, I have enough trouble shooting a tin can from twenty feet. I can only imagine how hard it must be when everyone is screaming and someone is shooting at you.