6 people killed in Texas campsite attack

wa8yxm wrote:
Thank you Majorgator (The "They were shot" info)

Folks I keep hearing from some folks how more guns is the solution..Texas is a state with lots of guns.

Here's the progblem.. Average reaction time is 1/4 of a second, Assuming I'm on the alert it will take me 1/4 second to see you as a danger.. Average.. of course if I'm not on "Red Alert" it might take one second or more to HEY' HE's pointing a gun at me" and with a semi-automatic weaping he's already fired 3 or 4 shots. I'm dead (or dying) and not able to draw my weapon and shoot back.

(on the other hand if I have a weapon he'd better shoot me first cause I tend to shoot straight and I drink coffee, not booze) But still. Odds are even as a teen I'd not have been fast enough.

That is 1/4 second to see the danger.. and then you have to put your hand on teh gun, draw, on some models release the safety, aim and fire... no way are you fast enough.. not possible.

Thanks that is what I thought as well. It's one thing if they break into the trailer of a night but another if they just shoot you while you sit in a lawn chair.

Thank God these nut jobs are few and far between.