Reply #87: nothing simple

[HankyDubs]

"Please explain how the simple fact that I am armed endangers other shoppers?"

I could go in several directions with this. If you have an ak-47 slung over your shoulder, you are most definitely intimidating other shoppers and putting them in danger. As I explained...how are we to know you aren't planning to start shooting at shoppers, and how is the mall cop supposed to know you aren't an armed robber?

"Then the mall cop is at fault as he had no basis under Colorado law to draw , let alone discharge, his weapon"

So wait, does the mall cop need to wait until the loony/robber/etc is actually pointing the ak-47 at patrons or shopkeepers before he draws his weapon? Maybe that's too soon. Should he wait until the loony has claimed his first victim? Is that too soon? The disaster in this case has NOTHING to do with the person who created a situation that otherwise would not have existed?

"There sure have and not a one has been committed by a permit holder carrying a concealed hand gun."

Well since this isn't the scenario we are talking about, it's not relevant.

"The shooting in Utah was stopped because a citizen w/ a handgun put a bullet through the shooter's brain pan."

Gotta love the blood-thirsty delight in this sentence. It's wrong though, the "citizen" in question was an off-duty police officer who had received mandatory firearms training.