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Carry-a-Kimber wrote:

Scott in Houston wrote:
I'm not advocating a citizen go all 'batman' and engage, but this statement is not exactly accurate. Had the police had access to a true 'high powered' rifle initially, the death count would have likely been much lower than 19, and hopefully closer to 2... the 2 bad guys only.

The 2 bad guys were the only ones that died during the shootout; but I agree with your statement.

I thought so, but didn't want to argue with the premise that 19 people died. I didn't re-check my facts first, so thanks for adding that.

03Lightningrocks wrote: Bad example. Pure speculation to say what "could have happened". Besides, those guys were shot with everything from high powered rifles to handguns and kept right on going. An armed citizen trying to play batman would have simply increased the innocent killed count to 19.

FYI, I'm very familiar with the N. Hollywood story. Those guys were not engaged by long guns (or 'high powered rifles') until the police raided a local gun store, and their SWAT showed up. All the police had initially were shotguns and handguns.
The police had to break local gun laws to get the long guns they needed in order to take those guys down. Ever since, California has now armed their police with ranch rifles, etc. so this wouldn't happen again.

I'm not advocating a citizen go all 'batman' and engage, but this statement is not exactly accurate. Had the police had access to a true 'high powered' rifle initially, the death count would have likely been much lower than 19, and hopefully closer to 2... the 2 bad guys only.