Yes it does. If the people on the grocery store had guns then they wouldn't let the shooter keep shooting. It's been said time and time again, but when you make having guns a crime, only criminals will have guns.
Your point is invalid. Ask the people of Uvalde, TX why the cowardly cops with guns weren't able to stop the mass school shooter. The cops hid in the halls for an hour until the Feds arrived and killed the shooter.
It takes more than a badge and a gun to be a good guy.
That said, most with a badge and a gun are actually good guys. A guy with a gun trying to take stuff that doesn’t belong to them is ALWAYS a pod that needs eliminating
How about the one that took place at the University of Texas when Charles Whitman shot people from the observation tower? Care to guess who stopped him?
Can a law-abiding citizen with a legally owned weapon issue me a speeding ticket or detain me? No, only a police officer can. A badge does change that.
Yes a law abiding citizen can detain you, it's called citizens arrest. I don't know what a speeding ticket has to do with anything, considering we're talking about mass homicides