"Armed civilians" refers to ordinary people who possess weapons such as guns or other firearms for self-defense purposes.
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On their way home, they are stopped
by armed civilians carrying machine guns, but Rone is able to talk his way out of the standoff after threatening a drone attack even though Rone tells Silva that in reality, they are all alone out there.
Sarah Tofte, research director for the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, says that having
armed civilians attempt to neutralize a shooter is «distracting at best and perhaps even more deadly at worst.»
Some argue that
armed civilians in the movie theater could have mitigated Friday's massacre, whereas others believe that more guns could have led to even more confusion and greater loss of life.
Armed force: A posse; a group
of armed civilians authorized by the official peace officers of the community to aid in the capture of criminals and the prevention of crime.
While a majority of Americans believe this to be true — 63 % say guns make them safer — decades of crime data and research overwhelmingly shows both that
armed civilians are not the solution to mass shooters and that guns don't make people safer.
The embedded filmmaker follows two organic resistance groups to the incredibly violent drug cartels, a group of disgruntled and frustrated militia members on the US side,
an an armed civilian uprising on the Mexican side.
«Primary focus on disaster preparedness, tactical and practical weaponry issues related to police, military and
armed civilians.