By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

The tragic mass killing in the early hours of Friday morning in a movie theater has put the gun control debate at the forefront, and while many marvel how 24-year-old suspect James Holmes could have been so heavily armed, a reality star and gun advocate has exclusively told Breaking Celebrity News that she believes the tragic incident could of been avoided — if MORE people carried guns.

"If a member of the audience in the front row of that theater was carrying a gun and had the ability to effecively use it, that gunman could have been neutralized before he ever got a second round into the crowd," Renee Wyatt, the matriarch and business manager on Discovery's American Guns show told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview.

"This kind of incident is a perfect example of why people who have acquired the ability to shoot should carry guns," she went on to say.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, at least 12 are dead and 59 injured after Holmes -- wearing a riot helmet, dressed in all-black