Witness: 'I Was Able to Grab the Magazine'

[Swede]

Run time: 01:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdufanx3vfA   Posted on YouTube: January 10, 2011 By YouTube Member: AssociatedPress Views on YouTube: 238   Posted on DU: January 10, 2011 By DU Member: Swede Views on DU: 492

 

[liberal N proud]

1. How many lives were saved by the brave act?

[avaistheone1]

2. Likely many.

k&r

[cate94]

3. wow

Amazing. I can't believe how calm this woman is, I'd still be shaking.

[bdamomma]

4. she was so calm.

[JDPriestly]

5. She is really a hero as are the others who took this man down.

I notice that those who brought him down did not use guns.

I wonder how many people there had guns on them, however.

I would bet that at least one person, possibly more, had guns. And I think this story indicates how useless guns can be in a situation in which there is a crowd, even a small crowd, of people. The more guns in use in such a situation, the more likely some random person will be shot.

Does permitting the carrying of guns in crowds make people more safe? or less safe? I'm not sure there is a certain answer, but it is something that people should think about.

Here, the likely presence of someone carrying a gun within shooting proximity of the gunman was not what ended the attack. It was people being extraordinarily heroic and putting their fears aside and their lives at risk.