This is simply not true. There are plenty of examples of law-abiding citizens exercising their Second Amendment rights and preventing horrific acts from taking place.

I have one example that I'm going to share with the masses to illustrate my point. Keep in mind that this kind of thing happens somewhere in the U.S. every day.

According to a report by The Blaze, local law enforcement in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., stated that a Good Samaritan armed with a gun came to the rescue after an armed robber pistol-whipped a rather unfortunate Family Dollar clerk and took off with the cash from the register.

Fort Lauderdale police said 20-year-old Nicolas Richard Lee Deas and another man walked up to the store in the 1900 block of NW Ninth Ave. in the city's Lauderdale Manors neighborhood around 10 p.m. Sept. 13 as the clerk was closing the store, the station noted. Deas claimed he left his cell phone inside the store, so the clerk opened the door in effort to help, WPLG reported, citing police.

However, police said Deas pointed a stolen gun at the clerk and told him, "Give me the money, or I will kill you," the station said.