By 1984 the situation had changed dramatically, as told by Israeli criminologist Abraham Tennenbaum when commenting upon the July 1984 massacre at McDonald's in San Ysidro, Calif. He described an incident in Israel, some weeks before the San Ysidro massacre:
"Three terrorists who attempted to machine-gun the throng managed to kill only one victim before being shot down by handgun-carrying Israelis. Presented to the press the next day, the surviving terrorists complained that his group had not realized that Israeli civilians were armed. The terrorists had planned to machine-gun a succession of crowd spots, thinking that they would be able to escape before the police or army could arrive to deal with them."
Similarly, a 1997 school shooting spree in Pearl, Miss., was stopped by an assistant principal, who retrieved a handgun from his car. Still, anecdotal evidence cannot resolve the question of whether allowing law-abiding and trained citizens to carry concealed handguns will save or cost lives.
Recent national polls have provided the shocking realization that armed citizens do deter violent crimes upon themselves and their family members, with guns used defensively -- although rarely even fired -- somewhere between 760,000 and 3.5 million times per year, far more than criminal use of firearms.
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"Three terrorists who attempted to machine-gun the throng managed to kill only one victim before being shot down by handgun-carrying Israelis. Presented to the press the next day, the surviving terrorists complained that his group had not realized that Israeli civilians were armed. The terrorists had planned to machine-gun a succession of crowd spots, thinking that they would be able to escape before the police or army could arrive to deal with them."
Similarly, a 1997 school shooting spree in Pearl, Miss., was stopped by an assistant principal, who retrieved a handgun from his car. Still, anecdotal evidence cannot resolve the question of whether allowing law-abiding and trained citizens to carry concealed handguns will save or cost lives.
Recent national polls have provided the shocking realization that armed citizens do deter violent crimes upon themselves and their family members, with guns used defensively -- although rarely even fired -- somewhere between 760,000 and 3.5 million times per year, far more than criminal use of firearms.
Full article http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/10731/legalizing-concealed-weapons-could-help-prevent-violence/
