Guys, all of our problems would be solved if there were more guns. Clearly that would stop shooters like Lovelle Mixon.
Ah so you've changed your policy from decreasing the mag size to not having SALWs whatsoever. Very interesting. Seems we have ourselves a true Commyfornia politician. Might I remind you all of an incident in a Colorado church 5 years ago consisting of an armed man who was confronted and halted by an armed female security officer, saving many lives. I do mourn for the families and wish such an incident at the movie theater never happened as do all of you, but how many liscenced gun owners didn't kill anyone that day?
Yeah, well the Lovelle Mixon incident destroys the argument "if only more bystanders had guns". All of the 4 cops he killed were armed, and two of them were members of the SWAT team who knew that they were going into a dangerous situation with a cop-killer.
Ah but look deeper into the facts. Lovell's Mixon was a convicted felon, and purchased his firearm illegally. No registered legal firearm owner has ever fired at a police officer. Taking firearms away would be absurd. I remember reading in
More Guns Less Crime
by John R. Lott Jr. that an elderly man fired at a man trying to rob his house and actually got him in the leg while he was coining over the fence. This elderly man was a liscenced firearm owner but there was not enough evidence to prove the man he fired at guilty (aka this wasn't in Florida with the Stand Your Ground law). The elderly man's firearm was taken from him. About a month later, the elderly man's house was being robbed again, and this time, police found the homeowner was no longer with us.