Rusty Young Man
Regular Member
Tell me, where would they have kept their rifles while seated? A rifle is cumbersome in daily, non-military life. And in a dark theater it wouldn't be seen to have a deterrent effect.
While anyone there would have taken a rifle over nothing in that instance, I don't think you can really tell me that it would have been BETTER than a handgun.
Now, I would never tell someone that they couldn't carry a rifle if they wanted. But I think they are wholly impractical for when you're out in public.
Here's the hierarchy of weapons for self-defense, as I see it:
1) No event ("The supreme art of War is to subdue the enemy without fighting" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War)
2) An entire legion of avenging angels :lolNOTE: available only to God's favorite Son {just a little humor, I know He loves us all})
3) An entire army fully outfitted with battle gear
Besides #1, only the following are available to use mere citizens:banghead::
4) All your buddies, fully armed, if only with semi-autos
5) Your semi-auto RIFLE
6) Your primary PISTOL
7) Your secondary, tertiary, quaternary..... pistol
8) Your knife
9) Your bare limbs
10) Cowering in fear and begging to be let go :uhoh: (choice preference for hoplophobes and so-called "pacifists" who wish to disarm everyone because of their repressed urges and insecurities).
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