Did Colorado's Open Carry Law Slow Down Police Response?

The scene in Colorado Springs on October 31.

"Details are continuing to emerge about a gun rampage that took place in the streets of Colorado Springs on Saturday morning...On Monday, a troubling detail came to light in a Denver Post report suggesting that police may have had a chance to intervene before the slaughter began--but that a police dispatcher may have reacted without urgency to a 911 call...because of Colorado's open carry law...

...Naomi Bettis...said she recognized the gunman as her neighbor...and that before the initial slaying she saw him roaming outside with a rifle.  She called 911 to report the man, but a dispatcher explained that Colorado has an open carry law that allows public handling of firearms...

...It's unclear how much time lapsed between Bettis' 911 call and when the rampage began, but according to The Gazette the initial police response didn't come until after the carnage was in progress...

...Proponents of open carry laws argue that the ability for citizens to take firearms with them in public isn't just a right but makes communities safer.  We don't yet know, but the law allowing guns to be carried on display in Colorado may have just done the opposite."

eye'm thynkin':  How do you tell a good guy with a gun from a bad guy with a gun?  Wait until someone dies.  This is NRA, gun nut logic in a nutshell.

 You don't need a rifle to take a morning walk anymore than you need a gun to shop for milk and toilet paper.  That someone strolling down the street with a firearm apparently did not warrant a police emergency response shows just how fatally wrong open carry laws are.  

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