What's your choice: A gun in hand? Or 13 minutes for 911 response?

Check this out, America: In the state of Utah, the students are allowed to carry a loaded handgun to class. The average is three students per class carry a loaded handgun to college. There is no problem there. 

In Colorado several years ago a man shot and killed a bunch of people in a movie theater. Do you remember this? He drove past the first several movie theaters that did not have a sign saying no guns allowed. When the killer found a movie theater that said no guns allowed, he chose that theater to kill the people. 

I live in Montana and we do not have these problems — why? Do not say there are no people in Montana. Here in Montana, almost everyone carries a gun with them all of the time. We are 911. The average response time to a 911 call in the U.S.A. is 13 minutes. In Montana the response time is as it is happening because we all carry guns and the criminal knows this. 

Newark, N.J., had 380 carjackings last year and their population is 380,000. El Paso, Texas, had 15 carjackings last year and their population is almost 700,000. Why? Because you can shoot and kill the bad man right now when they pose a threat in El Paso, and there is no waiting 13 minutes for 911 to arrive and assess what is going on and then handle the problem. 

It is truly amazing how there is such a low crime rate in all of the states and their cities that allow people to carry guns. It is more amazing how high the crime rates are in the states where they do not allow people to carry guns. So, if you want these crimes to continue, just keep allowing your state not to allow you to carry a gun to protect yourself and you will get exactly what you deserve — this rampage shooting that takes 13 minutes for 911 to respond and assess the situation while a citizen that is armed and assesses the situation immediately can handle the job instantly. 

If the average person does not want to stand up to this, then they should leave the U.S.A., because I would jump right in and help in any situation like this with my weapon and I would not have waited for a 13-minute 911 person to arrive. I have been in this situation several times and it works, people. Oh, do not reply negatively if you do not have the facts to back it up. How would you like to get into the boxing ring with Mike Tyson for one minute? That would seem longer than 13 minutes.

Oh, I will make one promise to anyone who disagrees with me. I promise not to use my handgun/weapon to save your life when you are being attacked. Instead, I will go to the nearest convenience store and buy popcorn and a Coke, and then come back because it takes 13 minutes for the average 911 call; and I will watch at your request as you are being brutally attacked/shot/beaten/stabbed or at the mercy of your attacker, and I will tell my children not to use their weapon, as well, to save/defend you, and they will learn a valuable life lesson. 

Attanasio is a resident of Kalispell.