The Gun Myth #226 By Hank Silverberg "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." That line came from NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre after the Sandy Hook shooting over a decade ago. It's been the right's mantra ever since any time gun control comes up. It was used again in a slightly different form last week by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in response to the Uvalde shooting. He proposed arming and training teachers and administrators to respond to school shootings more quickly. He called it the best answer. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/gop-school-uvalde-shooting-response-guys-with-guns.html But time and time again, having "a good guy with a gun" has not worked in mass shooting incidents, even when the good guy is a trained police officer. Aaron Salter, the security guard in the supermarket shooting in Bu