Reply #205: I meant to ask this too

[iverglas]

My scout master always carried on our events.
Mostly for copperheads, but we did get the occasional eastern diamondback, or cottonmouths (around water).

Assuming that your post is meant to be relevant to the actual issue at hand -- whether having "armed" individuals on the island would have prevented this tragedy -- how would your scoutmaster's handgun (I assume) have prevented you and your troop from being killed by a skilled marksman armed with a semi-automatic rifle?

But maybe you were just sayin'.