Think about how often you read a story about an armed civilian saving lives.  I can't even remember the last time (outside of this article) where I read a story about some armed civilian saving anyone.  Yet gun proponents constantly argue that guns are needed for protection.  Look at any local news website for any American city larger than a few thousand people and you'll see daily stories about shootings, related to either domestic abuse, gangs, kids accidentally shooting other kids, the list goes on.  Almost none of the victims deserved to die.  And just try to find a single story about some hero with a gun doing something helpful, and you'll be hard pressed to find even ONE.  Is it because all these heroes just save lives and never report anything to the police?  I seriously doubt it.  Just this week in Austin we have a police officer shot at home and 4 people shot at an apartment complex in Bastrop.  Anyone saved with a gun?  Nope.