Jon Stewart's plea for gun control

Big_L said
To be honest with you, I can do more damage with my Glock 21 in a close quarters situation than I could with my M4. I am trained to react to active threat (shooter) situations both by Military and Civ law enforcement. I would much rather use my side arm than M4 when clearing a building. In my opinion, a rifle is no good up close and personal. I would use my M4 for targets between 50 and 300 yards out, and most buidings are not that big internally. I have an M4 to stay proficient with it. We do not shoot enough with the M4, maybe due to budget concerns, so I have my own. My range quals are in the top 5% of my unit with the rifle and top 1% with my sidearm. I fire my pistol a lot more.

That's kinda the point though. YOU have training and understand how to employ your weapon. There is a high percentage of people out there that don't have a clue on what they are doing, they think they do, but they don't. Those of us charged with carrying an assault weapon for duty go through countless hours of classroom and practical training. The average active shooter with an assault rifle has little to no training and yet is able to inflict serious damage to multiple victims.