Against a torrent of media attacks unleashed upon him for being "insensitive to the victims of the Oregon school shooting," Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson has stood his ground in favor of individual action to overwhelm single shooters and the right of U.S. citizens to bear arms. The media attack is predicated on an inaccuracy. It is, therefore, a political move. Carson never uttered a single criticism against the victims of the Oregon school shooting. He never said those victims were wrong or culpable in any way for the shooter's assault upon them. Rather, he advised what he thought all Americans should do in future to diminish the loss of life associated with mass shootings. His advice was for all of those present to attack the shooter and, by overwhelming force of numbers, overwhelm the shooter. That advice makes imminent good sense. Recognize that had not American heroes on board a Paris-bound train done that very thing, there assuredly would have been a mass murder instead of an aborted murder attempt. Likewise, had Americans not overwhelmed the shoe bomber and other would-be terrorists by intervening directly, loss of many lives well may have occurred.
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