Former NFL Pro Bowl cornerback Lito Sheppard is weighing in on the recent Santa Barbara mass shooting that left seven people dead, telling TMZ Sports "if you were in a situation like this and you had more legal gun carriers with guns, you could stop it."
A two-time Pro Bowler and noted Second Amendment advocate, Sheppard added he fully supports the NRA's philosophy of "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun."
Sheppard later added "like if you were in a mall and someone started shooting and you had some good people with guns there, you might be able to stop them. Or maybe you would lose only one person or two people instead of like 100."
The former Oakland Raider star also said stiffer overall gun control is not the answer. "It doesn't make any sense for them to make it tougher for responsible gun owners to get access. Making it tougher to get the guns will just result in a bigger black market for them."
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Later Sheppard reasons to TMZ "when someone does something like what happened in Santa Barbara and they have the only gun there ... it's going to be a slaughter. No one wants that."
Sheppard played 10 NFL seasons, his best coming with the Eagles in 2006 when he registered 25 solo tackles and six interceptions.
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