Gunman Killed 4, Including Infant, Before Shooting At Cops, Polk Sheriff Says

[surada]

Ending Bush’s failed, illegal war in Afghanistan will have some positive affect in this regard – Americans will no longer be subject to mental illness the consequence of war.

Overall America goes on the cheap with mental illness. We invest in weapons instead.

 

[westwall]

Overall America goes on the cheap with mental illness. We invest in weapons instead.

Based on how you idiots constantly let violent criminals out of jail, it's the best investment we can make.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Here are some of my favorite that actually made the news...

Lancaster Woman Scares Off Bat-Wielding Attackers By Pulling Gun On Them

LANCASTER, Ohio - It happened along a walking path in Lancaster.

Dinah Burns is licensed to carry a concealed gun, but she'd only recently started taking her weapon while walking her dog.

Based on what happened, it looks like she'll make a point of carrying from now on.

"I think if they'd gotten any closer, I probably would have fired,” said Burns.

It was Monday when Burns was on a footpath near Sanderson Elementary School.

"Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said 'You're coming with us'."

The men weren't deterred by Dinah's dog Gracie.

"I said, 'Well, what do you want?,' and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out. As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, 'I have this and I'm not afraid to use it.'"

The men took off and so far have eluded police. Dinah posted about the incident on Facebook to alert friends and neighbors, to criticism by some.

"Most of the males' opinion was, 'Why didn't you shoot them?'"

Easy to second-guess a decision made under pressure, based on her concealed carry training, and police agree.

"To get out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without having to discharge your firearm."

"I will say it's a good thing to go from a place of danger to a place of safety, however you get that done,” said Sgt. Matt Chambers, Lancaster Police.

"Very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it doesn't happen again, but I will be prepared."
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What I want you to know on Gun Violence Awareness Day | Fox News

What I want you to know on Gun Violence Awareness Day

I correctly listened to my instincts; I had a feeling that my life was in danger in that elevator and prepared myself mentally for what was potentially to come.

I ran to my car in an attempt to escape and, before I could even get my entire body in my car, I was tackled by my attacker.

This man quickly overpowered me, stabbed at me with a knife, clamped his hand over my mouth multiple times, and repeatedly tried forcing me in the passenger seat of my car while telling me, “We’re going.”

The entire time this was happening, a rusted, serrated knife was being stabbed towards my abdomen and held at my face.

I had been hit in the face, thrown over my driver’s side console, and had rips in my tights from his hands trying to force my legs up and over into the passenger seat.

There are some individuals that think gun owners are “trigger happy” and wanting to pull their weapons out at the first opportunity. There is nothing further from the truth.

The night I was attacked, I fought like hell for my life before reaching for my gun. I kicked, I screamed, I had all ten fingernails ripped off and bloodied from scratching and trying to fight my way out of a literal life and death situation.

Ultimately, I accessed my gun, shot my attacker multiple times, and saved my life. He will be spending years in prison for what he did to me.

Using a gun in self-protection is not a decision one makes lightly; in fact, I never dreamed that I would be forced into a situation where I would have to do so. However, I also never imagined such evil existing in the world so that I would be powerless, wounded, on my back and unable to physically force my attacker off of me.

I owned a gun and had been trained on how to use it. I know how to safely carry and that a gun is a serious and significant weapon; it is not to be used carelessly. Naysayers and people with opposing opinions may try to undermine my situation with hypotheticals. I cannot answer these questions. All I can do is tell the facts of my story and the true account of how I saved my own life.

What I want you to know on Gun Awareness Day is that a gun in the hands of a potential victim is not improperly placed; it can be the only thing keeping her from being brutally raped and murdered.

Without my gun, I would not be alive today.


Guns are not the problem in America; men like my attacker -- who are willing to violently change one person’s life for no reason except for pure evil – are the problem.

Be safe at all times. Be aware of your surroundings. Trust your instincts. Always be able to protect yourself. Refuse to be a victim, and instead be a fighter and a survivor. Live to tell your tale and make a criminal regret the day he chose you as a “soft target.” My gun saved my life, and one could save yours too.
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Waking up to an armed intruder in your house would be any home owner’s worst nightmare. If you’re a single mother with two young kids in the house, finding a man wielding a machete in your bedroom closet immediately kicks you into “momma bear” mode.

That’s what happened to a California woman who woke up to the sound of a man rummaging through her walk-in closet. The thief — Ocean Burger (his name, not a restaurant) — was armed with a number of knives and a machete when the un-named woman grabbed a handgun and confronted him.

From ksbw.com . . .


[Investigators] say Burger ignored orders to leave and when the homeowner fired several warning shots he allegedly advanced towards her, that’s when the mother fired at the accused burglar hitting him in the leg. And California law may be on her side.

Warning shots are never a good idea and could even put you in legal jeopardy in many jurisdictions. In this case, they not only wasted perfectly good (and expensive) ammunition, but probably led Burger to believe she wasn’t serious about actually shooting him.

After advancing on the woman, the round in his leg apparently convinced Burger that he was wrong.

The good news is California actually has a castle doctrine law on the books. The woman had no duty to retreat and was legally justified in using deadly force to defend herself and her children.

“There is a presumption that favors the homeowner they’re presumed that the person is in imminent fear of either death or great bodily injury,” said Ellen Campos, assistant district attorney for San Benito county. …

California Woman Shoots Machete-Wielding Burglar She Found in Her Closet - The Truth About Guns
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LANCASTER, Ohio - It happened along a walking path in Lancaster.

Dinah Burns is licensed to carry a concealed gun, but she'd only recently started taking her weapon while walking her dog.

Based on what happened, it looks like she'll make a point of carrying from now on.

"I think if they'd gotten any closer, I probably would have fired,” said Burns.

It was Monday when Burns was on a footpath near Sanderson Elementary School.

"Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said 'You're coming with us'."

The men weren't deterred by Dinah's dog Gracie.

"I said, 'Well, what do you want?,' and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out. As I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, 'I have this and I'm not afraid to use it.'"

The men took off and so far have eluded police. Dinah posted about the incident on Facebook to alert friends and neighbors, to criticism by some.

"Most of the males' opinion was, 'Why didn't you shoot them?'"

Easy to second-guess a decision made under pressure, based on her concealed carry training, and police agree.

"To get out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without having to discharge your firearm."

"I will say it's a good thing to go from a place of danger to a place of safety, however you get that done,” said Sgt. Matt Chambers, Lancaster Police.

"Very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it doesn't happen again, but I will be prepared."
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Mother Shoots Intruder 'Multiple Times' to Save Baby - Breitbart

An Indianapolis mother shot a man “multiple times” after he allegedly broke into the home through the window in the baby’s room.

According to CBS 4, family members said that around noon on March 24, the woman “heard the window get busted and she called her husband and said I think somebody’s breaking in the house.”

She grabbed her pistol and ran toward the sound of breaking glass, only to be confronted by the alleged intruder who shot at her, but missed.

The mother then opened fire and struck the suspect “multiple times.” He was transported to a hospital for treatment.

In addition to being armed, a 911 dispatcher said the suspect was “carrying zip ties and a walkie-talkie.”
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CCW IN ACTION: Armed 22-Year-Old Woman Stops Three Men Attempting To Rob Her In Store Parking Lot – Concealed Nation

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — A concealed carrier successfully thwarted the efforts of three men to rob her late at night outside a Dollar Tree. According to police reports from the scene, the woman was exiting the Dollar Tree and heading to her car when she was approached by a man and asked to walk with him. When she refused, he point-blank told her he was going to rob her of her purse.

At this point, according to KOCO, she was presented by two other men backing up the first. She withdrew her concealed carry pistol from her purse and threatened to use it to protect herself. All three men quickly exited and fled the scene.
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Woman Scares off Assailant With Stick. Just Kidding, it was a gun.

Just before 7pm on Wednesday night, a 29 year-old woman had gathered up her dog and headed outside to… well, to let her dog do what dogs do.

Upon her first step outside her Minot, North Dakota home, she was hit solidly in the face with a blunt object, knocking her backward down the stairs and into her home.

Her assailant followed her into her home and started to approach her, but the woman had made it to a cabinet where she retrieved a handgun to protect herself and her home.

When confronted with the firearm, the violent intruder and would-be robber/rapist/murderer fled the scene.

The smart, independent, gun-owning woman did not require medical attention, most likely due to the fact that she was able to pull a weapon on her assailant to end the attack.
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DGU of the Day: Trotwood Ohio Woman Defeats Three Home Invaders - The Truth About Guns

Three men break into a home in Trotwood, Ohio. [Click here to watch the video.] They’re all armed. It is before 6 am, just three days after Christmas. One of the men is armed with a Tec-9 pistol. He enters last. The other two hold what appear to be conventional semi-auto pistols. They bypass two sleeping children to find the mother. The surveillance video shows the three following the mother after they pistol whipped her in the laundry room.

The man directly behind her has the Tec-9. Presumably holds her at gunpoint while the other two attempt to drag off a safe, in a room with two more children. While the two men are occupied with the safe, the woman breaks free from her captor, accesses a hidden pistol, and starts to fire.

All three run, but the Tec-9 gunman, Azikiwe Presley, is mortally wounded. His body is found 100 yards from the house. From wdtn.com:

“I got my gun and I started shooting and they ran,” the female caller told dispatchers. “They all three had guns, I’m confused … they must not have had bullets because after I pulled the trigger they just took off, instead of firing back. I don’t know if I hit one or not, I don’t see blood anywhere.”

In this case, the recipient of female dedication to protecting innocent life ran a hundred yards and died. It is not uncommon for a man who is fatally shot to run that far, even with a heart/lung shot. As he was likely the one holding the woman at gunpoint, and the closest, greatest, threat with the Tec-9, it is not surprising that he drew the lethal ticket. Whether through choice or happenstance, the mother made the right tactical decision.
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Concealed Carrier Holds Burglar At Gunpoint With Her FNX .45

CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE — A woman successfully subdued a would-be burglar outside her home using her FNX .45. The suspect, James Jeffrey Dunn, was allegedly trying to break in through her front door late at night. She got her handgun and confronted the burglar, according to WRCB. Once at the doorway, she yelled through the door for him to stay put and not move. Moments later, she confronted him head-on — handgun drawn and ready to go.

via WRCB

“I tried to order him to stay right where he was at and I pointed the gun at him and I came running off the porch and I came within 10 feet of him and he laid the bicycle down and he crumpled on top of the bicycle,” she says.

She held him at gunpoint until Cleveland Police arrived and arrested Dunn, 35, on charges of aggravated burglary, theft, and burglary of a motor vehicle. Police note that Dunn had an arrest sheet tallying over 40 charges — the most recent being only 6 hours prior to his attempted burglary of this concealed carrier.

“We went over this when we got my concealed carry permit, these types of scenarios. But I had already put that gun up and ever taken it out since, you know?” she says. “Maybe to go the range once.”

When we talk about the new generation of concealed carriers, let’s take a good long look at the realities these people are facing: hardened, career criminals unafraid to bust through the door or do damage to private property and persons. It’s a good thing this woman had the proper training she needed and the right equipment.
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These anti-gunners think we are out there salivating for an opportunity to shoot and kill some lowlife. What they fail to understand is even justified shootings can land you in court for the liability of the attacker be it the attacker themselves if they live, and if they don't live, the family.

I don't know of any successful lawsuit against a CCW holder by their victim or family, but who wants to deal with that problem? Lawyers aren't cheap. Even if you win the case, it's going to cost you thousands of dollars. So we do whatever we can to avoid using our firearm when possible.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

No one wants to ‘ban’ guns; no one wants to ‘confiscate’guns – more lies and demagoguery from the dishonest right.

Is that so? Did you read Dementia's platform on guns while he was running for President. Obviously you did not evident by making such a stupid statement as nobody wants to confiscate or ban your guns. I don't know if it's still on his webpage since he won the election, but I suggest you go there and read it if it still is there, and then come back and say nobody wants to ban guns.

 

[August West]

Based on how you idiots constantly let violent criminals out of jail, it's the best investment we can make.

If you idiots hadn`t made it so easy for the crazies to acquire guns they probably never would have been in jail in the first place.

 

[2aguy]

This fails as a red herring fallacy.

This fails as a false comparison fallacy.

This fails as a confirmation bias fallacy.

No one wants to ‘ban’ guns; no one wants to ‘confiscate’guns – more lies and demagoguery from the dishonest right.

Do you really think what you post or are you just trying to be a troll?

 

[2aguy]

Ending Bush’s failed, illegal war in Afghanistan will have some positive affect in this regard – Americans will no longer be subject to mental illness the consequence of war.

Moron.....Afghanistan wasn't the one you shitheads called illegal...that was Iraq...you doofus.

 

[2aguy]

If you idiots hadn`t made it so easy for the crazies to acquire guns they probably never would have been in jail in the first place.

They aren't easy to get.......not if you are law abiding.

Criminals get guns no matter how many laws you make, just ask Britain, Sweden, Australia........

 

[2aguy]

These anti-gunners think we are out there salivating for an opportunity to shoot and kill some lowlife. What they fail to understand is even justified shootings can land you in court for the liability of the attacker be it the attacker themselves if they live, and if they don't live, the family.

I don't know of any successful lawsuit against a CCW holder by their victim or family, but who wants to deal with that problem? Lawyers aren't cheap. Even if you win the case, it's going to cost you thousands of dollars. So we do whatever we can to avoid using our firearm when possible.

It could cost 50,000 dollars to start if you are innocent and still get arrested......

 

[August West]

They aren't easy to get.......not if you are law abiding.

Criminals get guns no matter how many laws you make, just ask Britain, Sweden, Australia........

The easiest way to get an illegal gun is open up enough car doors. Keeping guns in a vehicle overnight that isn`t in a garage should be illegal. Cars have no Constitutional rights and they can`t use the gun to keep from being stolen.

 

[westwall]

If you idiots hadn`t made it so easy for the crazies to acquire guns they probably never would have been in jail in the first place.

Guns have always been around. Bad people use them to do bad things. Amazingly enough, 80% of the violent crime is committed by 8% of the criminal population. It is THAT population that you constantly let out. It takes a particular breed of stupid to think that gun bans prevent those violent predators from being violent predators.

Hello stupid...

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The easiest way to get an illegal gun is open up enough car doors. Keeping guns in a vehicle overnight that isn`t in a garage should be illegal. Cars have no Constitutional rights and they can`t use the gun to keep from being stolen.

I never thought there would be anyway I'd ever agree with you, but I'm all behind you on this one. In my suburb, guns are stolen out of cars almost every week with impunity.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

It could cost 50,000 dollars to start if you are innocent and still get arrested......

Even if you're not arrested it could still cost you thousands, depending on how desperate an ambulance chaser is to pursue all the following appeals. If we are to change anything when it comes to CCW's, it's that a police determined justifiable homicide can not be the liability of the shooter.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

If you idiots hadn`t made it so easy for the crazies to acquire guns they probably never would have been in jail in the first place.

So how did we make it so easy? Care to give us an example? I didn't think so.

 

[2aguy]

The easiest way to get an illegal gun is open up enough car doors. Keeping guns in a vehicle overnight that isn`t in a garage should be illegal. Cars have no Constitutional rights and they can`t use the gun to keep from being stolen.

Hey...dipshit...because assholes like you have made almost every public space "gun free" zones, you are the idiots forcing people to put their guns in their cars when they have to get groceries......you are the ones who, again, have created the problem.

And then, when we catch the actual criminals who use guns illegally, it is shit heads like you who keep releasing the them back onto the streets......while at the same time bitching about normal gun owners who don't commit crimes with their guns...

you and the democrat party are the problem...not normal gun owners.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Hey...dipshit...because assholes like you have made almost every public space "gun free" zones, you are the idiots forcing people to put their guns in their cars when they have to get groceries......you are the ones who, again, have created the problem.

And then, when we catch the actual criminals who use guns illegally, it is shit heads like you who keep releasing the them back onto the streets......while at the same time bitching about normal gun owners who don't commit crimes with their guns...

you and the democrat party are the problem...not normal gun owners.

If they are so concerned about stolen guns getting into the hands of criminals, make it a minimum of 10 years in prison for having a stolen gun on your person or property. It's their people in charge now, and they wouldn't get much resistance from us pro-gun people either. They can pass that law tomorrow if they wanted.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Is that so? Did you read Dementia's platform on guns while he was running for President. Obviously you did not evident by making such a stupid statement as nobody wants to confiscate or ban your guns. I don't know if it's still on his webpage since he won the election, but I suggest you go there and read it if it still is there, and then come back and say nobody wants to ban guns.

No one wants to ‘ban’ guns; no one wants to ‘confiscate’guns – more lies and demagoguery from the dishonest right.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Defund the police. Legalize drugs. What could go wrong?

This is a lie.

No one advocates for refunding the police.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

No one wants to ‘ban’ guns; no one wants to ‘confiscate’guns – more lies and demagoguery from the dishonest right.

Is that so? Well, since you didn't follow my suggestion and look up Dementia's plans. I'll summarize:

Step one is to get rid of liability protection for all gun manufacturers, ammo and sellers. This would in essence give individuals (including criminals shot by police) and cities alike the ability to sue them all out of business.

With nobody to buy a gun from, Dementia's plan was to make all internet sales of guns, ammo, and gun parts illegal.

If you do own a gun, his new federal law would be to have to obtain a federal license to buy or keep a firearm. The cost would be $800.00, and it would involve a shrink that would interview you, your spouse or ex, your neighbors, your co-workers. Because they would select anti-gun shrinks for these approvals, very few would get their permission to own a gun, and you lost that $800.00.

Now do you still want to say nobody wants to ban or confiscate guns?