Donald “the gun moron” Trump told an audience in Tennessee this week that he has a gun license and will emulate Charles Bronson in the film "Death Wish" if someone attacks him. "Somebody attacks me, they're gonna be shocked," he told the audience who he then led in a chant of “Death Wish; Death Wish; Death Wish.” Four years ago—after the Virginia Tech massacre when the pro-gunners asserted that if only the students and teachers had been armed they could have stopped the carnage—the TV show 20/20 tested whether gun carriers could defend themselves against an armed assailant who they were told would storm the lecture room they were in. Given advance warning, none of the carriers stopped the assailant even though all were well trained in firearms. All of them were “killed” before getting their concealed guns out. A few months ago, National Gun Victims Action also tested carrier “self-defense” and the results were so shocking, they were written about in the Washington Post. Unless they were highly trained—and maintained that level of proficiency by on-going training during the year—carriers like Trump performed poorly, said the Post. “They didn't take cover. They didn't attempt to issue commands to their assailants. Their trigger fingers were either too itchy -- they shot innocent bystanders or unarmed people, or not itchy enough -- they didn't shoot armed assailants until they were already being shot at.” None survived. Zealous carriers like Trump seem to expect criminals to approach them from several feet away (like in the movie “High Noon”) giving them ample time to draw their weapon. They think they will say something like “freeze or I’ll shoot” and stop the bad guy. In reality, criminals rely on the element of surprise. They have a gun to the back your head before you even know they are there. They not only take your valuables they also take your gun while you don’t dare make a move. If not for the element of surprise why else would trained law enforcement officers themselves be killed? The truth is carriers have a childish false sense of security; if someone attacks Trump it is Trump that is “gonna be shocked." Watch the NGVAC carrier 5-minute self-defense videos here. Please urge your contacts to sign our petition telling President Obama to halt the gun violence epidemic today by declaring a national state of emergency. Elliot Fineman CEO National Gun Victims Action Council https://gunvictimsaction.org