ray wrote:
> From my understanding, the theater had a no guns allowed policy which
> restricts gun owners from legally having their firearm on them.
>

Apparently Dr. WhatsHisName couldn't read. (There's the root of the
problem: illiteracy.) As comedian Bill Engvall would say, "Here's your
sign"

To answer your original question, if 20% of the adults there had guns, a
couple of them might've had a clear shot to end the massacre. Even
then, would they realize the nutjob had body armor before they expended
all their ammo or were shot themselves? (even this is not a totally
wasted effort; it distracts the badguy and might throw him off his game,
or at least give other people a chance to get away or bum-rush him)

This was pretty much a worst case scenario, and I'm not sure Batman
Himself could have done anything. But most scenarios are not worst
case. I'd rather have a gun and not need it than to need it and not
have it. The corollary is, just because I have a gun doesn't mean it's
the right tool to use.

Bob
NRA and SAF member