All of New Jersey’s restrictive gun-control laws didn’t save this Lakewood cop. Go figure.
Americans use firearms over a million times a year for lawful, defensive purposes. In the vast majority of those cases, the firearm is merely brandished and not discharged. Indeed, firearms are used far more often for lawful, self-defense purposes than they are ever used in the commission of crimes.
If anyone is interested in seeing just how often law-abiding citizens use firearms to save their lives and/or the lives of others, I would respectfully urge those readers to view the following web site:
All of New Jersey’s restrictive gun-control laws didn’t save this Lakewood cop. Go figure.
Americans use firearms over a million times a year for lawful, defensive purposes. In the vast majority of those cases, the firearm is merely brandished and not discharged. Indeed, firearms are used far more often for lawful, self-defense purposes than they are ever used in the commission of crimes.
If anyone is interested in seeing just how often law-abiding citizens use firearms to save their lives and/or the lives of others, I would respectfully urge those readers to view the following web site:
http://www.thearmedcitizen.com/
The takeaway here is that even a police officer with the best training can’t overcome the element of surprise.