Some Mass Shooting Survivors Want More Good Guys With Guns

Survivors of shootings in Stockton, Calif.; Sutherland Springs, Texas; and Nashville say good guys with guns are the antidote to bad guys with guns.

Shaelyn Gisler, 4, leaves flowers on crosses named for victims, outside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Nov. 9, 2017. The church was the scene of a shooting that killed 26 people. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

Editor’s note: The following story contains graphic descriptions of violence.

STOCKTON, Calif.—On Jan. 17, 1989, Rob Young happily walked to school sporting a brand-new pair of LA Gear tennis shoes he had received for Christmas. He still remembers how good those shoes felt on his 6-year-old feet.