And, of course, just think how much more different the outcome if even 1% of the REST of the people there had been armed and able/willing to defend themselves rationally...
Does anyone really think this would play out the same in a place like Texas or Wyoming?
Terrorism is the deliberate targeting of civilians in order to bring pressure on a government to change its policies. As an example, the targeting of British barracks in Northern Ireland by the IRA was not terrorism in the classic sense.
A by product of this is that true terrorists rarely strike armed targets. They're looking for civilian casualties in large numbers, not a stand up fight.
If the people in the mall had been known to be armed, al shabaab would have attacked elsewhere.
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And, of course, just think how much more different the outcome if even 1% of the REST of the people there had been armed and able/willing to defend themselves rationally...
Does anyone really think this would play out the same in a place like Texas or Wyoming?
Terrorism is the deliberate targeting of civilians in order to bring pressure on a government to change its policies. As an example, the targeting of British barracks in Northern Ireland by the IRA was not terrorism in the classic sense.
A by product of this is that true terrorists rarely strike armed targets. They're looking for civilian casualties in large numbers, not a stand up fight.
If the people in the mall had been known to be armed, al shabaab would have attacked elsewhere.
"A good guy with a gun." NRA
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