Yeah.....keep lying.....
Indiana mall shooting...
Within 15 seconds of a gunman opening fire inside a mall in Greenwood, Indiana, Elisjsha Dicken was able to step in and prevent further deaths.
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West Virginia woman....
Witnesses said Butler seemed agitated and left but returned to the complex shortly after, armed with an AR-15 style rifle, and started shooting at the crowd.
Police said a woman pulled out her pistol, shooting and killing him.
"This lady was carrying a lawful firearm," Hazelett said. "A law abiding citizen who stopped the threat of probably 20 or 30 people getting killed. She engaged the threat and stopped it. She didn't run from the threat, she engaged it. Preventing a mass casualty event here in Charleston."
Woman credited with stopping mass shooting at apartment complex in West Virginia
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As Hunt and other partiers had a bite to eat in the kitchen, the suspect pulled out a gun and began firing on the crowd, sending everyone fleeing, Mendez recounted.
Mendez was shot in the head in front of his wife, who rushed to his side and believed he was dead due to the amount of blood covering his face. She then grabbed their two daughters and put them into a room deeper in the house, barricading them and other children inside.
"She barricaded the door with the dresser. There were three other children in there, not including my two daughters. A total of five kids. She … throws them in the closet, throws clothes over them. Tells them, ‘Be quiet. Do not make a peep if you hear loud noises in this room,’" Mendez said of his wife's actions.
As Hunt continued his alleged rampage, two other women began fighting back against the suspect and screamed for Mendez, knowing he had a concealed carry weapon, Mendez said.
"By the glory of God or the adrenaline and just everything, just the will to live and the will to protect my family, I was able to hear those pleas, those yells for help. I heard my name. And I was able to get up," he said.
He was able to pull out his firearm and shoot the suspect four times in the chest.
"Detectives have determined the individual who shot Jason, and others who fought against Jason, were acting in self-defense and defense of other innocent parties," Sgt. Tommy Hale said in a press release days after the incident, KTAR reported at the time.
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Shotgun attacker at Church service....
Wilson’s single shot quickly ended the attack that killed Wallace, 64, and White, 67, at the West Freeway Church of Christ in the Fort Worth-area town of White Settlement. He said the entire confrontation was over in no more than six seconds. More than 240 congregants were in the church at the time.
Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service
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Southerland Springs Church shooting .....
Willeford propped his AR-15 on the pickup’s hood and peered through the sight. He could see a holographic red dot on the man’s chest. He fired twice. He wasn’t sure he’d hit him, though he was later told that the man had contusions on his chest and abdomen consistent with getting shot while wearing body armor. Regardless, the gunman stopped shooting and ran for a white Ford Explorer that was idling outside the chapel, roughly twenty yards from where Willeford had positioned himself.
The Hero of Sutherland Springs Is Still Reckoning with What Happened that Day
Deputies: Osceola pastor shot church janitor in self-defense
According to deputies, Parangan pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots at Pastor Terry Howell, who took out his own weapon and fired back, striking Parangan.
Howell was not injured, but Parangan was taken to Osceola Regional Medical Center in critical condition.
Deputies said several church employees witnessed the incident and gave similar statements.
this Psychiatrist was not an off duty cop.....
Penn. psychiatric center shooting intended mass killing: DA
The Pennsylvania patient accused of killing his caseworker in a psychiatric center shooting carried dozens of bullets — and he would have likely continued shooting if a doctor didn’t fire back, officials said.
Richard Plotts, 49, is expected to be charged with murder for allegedly opening fire at Sister Marie Lenahan Wellness Center in Darby Thursday.
After he killed his caseworker, 53-year-old Theresa Hunt, and shot his psychiatrist, Lee Silverman, the wounded doctor fired back, stopping the attack, District Attorney Jack Whelan said in a Friday press conference.
Plotts had 39 more bullets on him. He intended a mass shooting, Whelan said.
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This past Sunday, exactly two weeks to the day after the Pulse attack, there was a mass shooting outside a night club in South Carolina. I’m sure you haven’t heard about it, and for two good reasons. The first reason is that the attempted murderer was unsuccessful in killing any of his victims. The second reason is because the attempted murderer was stopped by a concealed carrier at the club drawing his weapon and putting a bullet into the bad guy.
Lyman man charged following shooting at nightclub
Yaaay!
We all love a good hero story don't we?
Sounds like the heroes in your post here are EXACTLY the kind of people whom we like to see owning firearms in our country.
For every one of them though there are (probably) dozens (if not thousands) of other idiots who shouldn't be allowed anywhere NEAR deadly firepower.
This is our national dillema. Our challenge.
We have to have a serious, rational and constructive conversation on how we are going to keep this firepower out of the hands of the latter group while assuring that the former group doesn't have to sacrifice it all.
It is liable to be inconvenient for "legal and legit" gun owners.
Maybe even a bit painful.
That's just the nature of this beast though. When we are talking about firearms we are talking about power. RAW POWER.
And nobody likes to have their power messed with.
Especially insecure people who don't really feel "powerful" in any other ways.
But we have no choice. We can't just go on pretending that this shit is normal.
Acceptable.
A "small price to pay for our freedom."
It isn't.
The cost to our society so that insecure people can hide in anonymity with their guns is too great.
If we cannot find a solution then our only option is to revisit 2A and re-write it with more emphasis on the "WELL REGULATED" part and less on the "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" part.
