People who kill with guns aren’t trying to kill lots of people. Mass murderers prefer armies, or if armies aren’t available, bombs. A backpack-sized IED have killed more people than a gun.
Generally I agree, for certain values of “a lot of people” and with the restrictions of a given person at a given time. Fortunately, not all mass murderers are optimal mass murderers.
Very fortunately, there have been very, very few optimized murderers. The most effective ones use armies and countries or religions, while the ones who use bombs are many orders of magnitude lower in effectiveness.
Part of the lesson is that guns in the hands of citizens helps prevent mass murderers, even though it facilitates group murders.
People who kill with guns aren’t trying to kill lots of people. Mass murderers prefer armies, or if armies aren’t available, bombs. A backpack-sized IED have killed more people than a gun.
Generally I agree, for certain values of “a lot of people” and with the restrictions of a given person at a given time. Fortunately, not all mass murderers are optimal mass murderers.
Very fortunately, there have been very, very few optimized murderers. The most effective ones use armies and countries or religions, while the ones who use bombs are many orders of magnitude lower in effectiveness.
Part of the lesson is that guns in the hands of citizens helps prevent mass murderers, even though it facilitates group murders.