Rachel Maddow Throws Water on "More Guns are Better" Trope

More than one person has been heard to say that "more guns" could have lessened the tragedy in Arizona last weekend. If only more people were armed, the good citizens of Tucson could have lived out a scene from an action movie, and popped a cap in the shooter, right? Turns out, there was another gun there, and the wielder of it almost shot the wrong guy. A real life example of how life is not an action movie.

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