Mumbai: unarmed and helpless. Aux armes, citoyens!!!

As news of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, unfolded, it seemed unbelievable that just 10-15 attackers could cause that much death and destruction. An excellent detailed account of the attacks in Monday's Wall Street Journal helped shed some light. 

For some time, John Lott and others have been pointing out that gun-free zones are the preferred hunting grounds of those bent on wholesale killing because they're full of unarmed and helpless victims. "Multiple-victim public shootings keep on occurring in places where guns are banned."

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And remember, gun-free zones are helpless-victim zones. Full story...

See also:

1. Mumbai: Would an armed citizenry have prevented the massacre?
2. Mumbai attacks: the cops who would not shoot back...
3. To be free you have to be armed, says Reese...
4. No one attacks the Swiss: not even the Swiss attack the Swiss!!