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Trump right in the wrong way

Now Donald Trump is saying that it would have been different if everyone in the Orlando night club had been armed.

I agree the death toll would have been much greater. Even people trained in combat operations would have been helpless in that situation.

Unless the shooter is visible and distinctly dressed, everyone in the club would become a target. The result would be that those armed would wind up shooting each other.

They might get the gunman as well by accident.

This story was originally published June 22, 2016 at 3:28 PM with the headline "Trump right in the wrong way."

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