Pro-Gun Group Replays the Charlie Hebdo Attacks—With Armed Victims
The terrorists still won.
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After the attack on Charlie Hebdo last week in Paris, a Texas-based group called The Truth About Guns found itself wondering and worried. As a local CBS anchor put the question, introducing a segment from Plano: “What if: Could any or all of the victims have survived if they had guns?”
Moved to action, The Truth About Guns organized a simulation of last week’s attacks at the satirical newspaper’s headquarters, which killed 12. On a set designed to look like the Charlie Hebdo office, a dozen people volunteered to take part in a series of simulations, carried out with paintballs.