Guns don't protect people

[JustAnotherGen]

15. I'm somewhat of a pacifist

And this fits my view that words and reason and compassion are powerful and far more effective than guns, armor, artillery, etc etc.

Don't claim to be against drones - then cling to a gun.
Don't claim to be against Iraq or Afghanistan - then cling to a gun.
Don't claim to be against nuclear weapons - then cling to a gun.

She said something like - I'm doing to sit right here with you and you won't come to harm.

If I recall correctly - he had an AK-47 and 500 rounds. 870 children are enrolled at McNair Elementary school.

He had enough fire power to kill more than half of those children.

But this woman - who is a TRUE hero - a woman who faced down a gun man and her own death in an act of verbal bravery - she stopped him. Not to be an asshole - but would any of the men recently anointed "heroes" at DU have done the same? I don't think so. They would have gotten their "story" and gotten out.