Slate Magazine is presenting differing opinions.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/07/20/could_a_brave_citizen_with_a_concealed_wea...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/07/20/could_an_armed_person_have_stopped_the_aur...

The issue of protective gear has also got me thinking (this is addressed in 2 above).

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2012/07/the_aurora_shooti...

short comings. Bullet resistant not proof. " Holmes didn’t just kill a dozen people. He killed the NRA’s answer to gun violence." Talk about rooting for the bad guy...

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

Shot at, armor or not. It was a wolf on a killing frenzy among sheep.