Listen, say there were 10 people in the crowd with guns who tried to take him down.
You'd have 10 murderers as they'd kill innocent people trying to hit the gunman in a dark, teargas filled, crowded hysterical room.
And some people would report that there were multiple shooters, police would probably have to arrest anyone who fired a shot. And if you fired a shot in a crowded room and hit someone else you'd be fucked for making the situation worse. Obviously the guy was in armor, but if he wasn't he'd blend in just fine with the other 10 shooters, making the cops jobs harder.
Fact: In no more than 1% of defensive gun uses was the gun taken away by a criminal.
Fact: The odds of a defensive gun user accidentally killing an innocent person are less than 1 in 26,000.
Fact: For robbery and assault victims, the lowest injury rates (17.4% for robberies, and 12.1% for assaults) were among victims who resisted with a gun.
Fact: The next lowest injury rates were among persons who did not resist. Other forms of resistance (such as shouting for help, or using a knife), had higher injury rates than either passive compliance or resistance with a gun.
Fact: Thirty-nine states, comprising the majority of the American population, are”right-to-carry” states. Statistics show that in these states the crime rate fell (or did not rise) after the right-to-carry law became active (as of July, 2006). Nine states restrict the right to carry and two deny it outright.
Fact: Crime rates involving gun owners with carry permits have consistently been about 0.02% of all carry permit holders since Florida’s right-to-carry law started in 1988.
Fact: After passing their concealed carry law, Florida’s homicide rate fell from 36% above the national average to 4% below, and remains below the national average (as of the last reporting period, 2005).
Fact: In Texas, murder rates fell 50% faster than the national average in the year after their concealed carry law passed. Rape rates fell 93% faster in the first year after enactment, and 500% faster in the second. Assaults fell 250% faster in the second year.
Fact: More to the point, crime is significantly higher in states without right-to-carry laws
Fact: States that disallow concealed carry have violent crime rates 11% higher than national averages.
Fact: Deaths and injuries from mass public shootings fall dramatically after right-to-carry concealed handgun laws are enacted. Between 1977 and 1995, the average death rate from mass shootings plummeted by up to 91% after such laws went into effect, and injuries dropped by over 80%.