Originally Posted by
NMuir
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Obviously the government cannot protect everyone all the time. Even in a very secure facility the government cannot protect everyone all the time as this incident has shown.
If a good guy with a gun, a concealed citizen perhaps, was standing in baggage claim at the time, then perhaps this crank would've only been able to shoot one or two people instead of 6.
Technically he shot 13. So, I agree that a properly trained civilian with a concealed weapon could have stopped him, but why would anyone with a concealed weapon be in baggage claim? I'd argue that 90% of all people passing through baggage claim are there because they came in on a flight and I do not think anyone other than LEOs should be allowed to have a gun inside security and on an airplane.
So, how does concealed carry Joe get to baggage claim? Don't say because he's picking someone up.