Lessons From Annapolis Newspaper Shooting

The domestic terrorist who shot up The Capital Gazette [Annapolis (MD)] newspaper office was able to murder five and wound two of our fellow citizens:
1. With a legally purchased and commonly had hunting weapon; And,
2. In police saturated Annapolis where it only took about one-minute for them to arrive [Uncommonly rapid for almost all the USA).]

If, and only if, one/more of those journalists had ready (ie Concealed carry) access to a modern and effective firearm, they might well have popped-up and put all rounds (eg Best with hollow point bullets) into the head of that monster---Reducing the "body count".

[At age 70-plus I self-trained and that within 40-hours, with a semi-automatic handgun, to: At the common distances in such offices; Charging, side-to-side, at the target; And, placing seven of eight rounds in the head of the silhouette target. An experienced instructor could do that training in less time. (A very few hours each month are required to keep up those skills).]

Since most of "The Media" and governments dominated by Democrats (eg Maryland) are intensely opposed to our law-abiding and legally presumed sane citizens having such ready access and such modern weapons, the staff of The Capital Gazette were offered up on the bloody altar of "Political Correctness". That betrayal of reality ignores the fact that the defensive (Often by "mere" display) use of guns by those good Americans prevents harm to innocents at a rate many, many, times that inflicted by criminal misuse of firearms.

VERITAS ET ARMA SUNT HOSTIS TYRANNI