Gunmen 'aren’t likely to go into a place where they are likely to get shot.'

"Unless they are suicidal-homicidal to begin with"

But, basically I believe this to be true with the above exception. People don't want to get shot. So, wherever people are armed generally people won't go there with guns because someone is bound to shoot them when they start shooting others.

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The Christian Science Monitor reported, Dr. Carson "suggested that keeping schools from pre-K to college campuses gun-free leads to danger, rather than preventing it. Gunmen 'aren’t likely to go into a place where they are likely to get shot.' "

As the Associated Press reports, support for stricter gun controls often spikes after a publicized incident like a mass shooting, but often fades along with the headlines. 

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Report: States with handgun background checks have fewer mass shootings