re: #299 lawhawk
Would be murderers don’t seem to have a problem murdering law enforcement officers who are armed and in uniform, so why would anyone who is intent upon committing murder be fearful of attacking and killing a Marine (who would be unarmed).
The article stated the Marine did what he did to make the kids feel safer, which they probably did. Regardless of the fact that he probably would have been unable to do much to stop a shooting, I think his act served its purpose.