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Do Armed Civilians Stop Mass Shooters? Actually, No.
Five cases commonly cited as a rationale for arming Americans don’t stand up to scrutiny.

It seems the only thing that stops the shooters is running out of targets, or the cops showing up with equal or superior firepower.

The armed, trained people who have found themselves present at a quarterly Suburban Gotterdammerung have usually declined to engage a superior enemy and left the area ASAP, sometimes facilitating escape for others while doing so.

Fantasies about Dirty Harrying a loon with a rifle are just that… Fantasies. Nobody who’s been in the shit or trained for being in it, would ever seriously suggest trying such a thing without huge advantages in cover and surprise. And those are matter of blind shit luck to begin with.