[berettafan]

Originally posted by speeder
Exactly. Everyone seems to be assuming that people with CC permits all shoot pistols like Andy Garcia in "The Untouchables" under intense firefight circumstances that they have never been in before(?)

I'm actually generally in favor of carry laws, but a shoot-out in a crowded mall is not exactly your ideal example of citizen self-defense. Would I try to shoot such a person? Impossible to say; if he was about to open the door that myself and a couple of stroller-pushers were hiding behind, yes. If it was out in the wide open w/ victims behind and to the side of him? Probably not.

The truth is that even if this had been a restaurant full of cops, a nut-case w/ nothing to lose and a shotgun could kill a few people before being taken down. It's the "drop", or element of surprise that he had going for him. No one is expecting to be shot while shopping in a mall.

Sad story, but does not really signify anything to me. No message/new laws needed/coulda-shoulda/etc...

+1 from a lifetime NRA member.