Now, Children. Don't worry your little heads about self-defence...

...Or we'll throw you in prison.

From the Atlanta Gun Rights Advisor, a tale of a brave protector who'd rather see you dead than have his sinecure threatened...

The Chairman of the subcommittee, Representative Ed Setzler, asked him about a hypothetical situation. First, he asked everyone in the room who had a Georgia Firearms License to raise their hands. Fifteen or twenty people out of the fifty or sixty people assembled in the room raised their hands. Representative Setzler then asked the Chief to assume that the room full of people were on Emory's campus at a business seminar when a murderer at the back of the room begins shooting people in the audience, one by one. After setting the scene, Representative Setzler asked the Chief whether he would prefer to see one of the fifteen or so people in the room with a gun put a stop to the killing.

Chief Watson's response? He informed the committee that it was his feeling that more people would die if fifteen of the potential murder victims had guns than if the people were helpless, disarmed, and just waited for the police to respond and save them.

The disturbing thing about his demeanor is that he actually acted like he believed what he was saying.

Chief Watson is probably not quite as stupid as he comes across here. Being a Kampus Kop, I assume he's aware of the well-established record on how campus shootings typically go. If students and faculty actually depend on the "only ones" to save them, the shooting generally goes on until the shooter runs out of ammo or decides he's had his fun and offs himself. At that point the po-po charge bravely in, further traumatize the surviving flock, and pose for the newsies.

On the other hand, if some brave soul has chosen to ignore the disapproval of officialdom and arm himself like an mature member of his species, the shooting typically ends rather sooner.