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Good Guy With a Gun
This past Saturday, a man was shot at Campbell Park in Titusville, FL. He’d gotten into a fistfight with another person, then left, and returned with a gun. When the gunman began to shoot, a bystander with a licensed gun shot him. There were over 100 people at the back-to-school event.
The gunman was airlifted to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. The bystander, fully cooperating with law enforcement, was uninjured. Charges weren’t expected to be filed.
I have mixed feelings about this story. I’m glad Florida has concealed carry laws. I’m so grateful that the bystander was able to effectively protect 100 people. I was only able, however, to find the online story on the Fox News site and a local ABC station.
Gee, I wonder why?
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That’s unpossible! I’ve been assured by people who claim to be more intelligent and (more importantly) more compassionate than myself that these sorts of things never happen. Therefore, this must be a lie.
Oh darn it! You caught me! I thought I wouldn’t be found out for at least . . . an hour! And I don’t mind not knowing who the gunman was (who wants to give him press), but I hope the bystander will be recognized in some way. Thanks @terrymott!
The bystander might not want to be recognized. It might make them a target for the perpetrator’s “friends” and family. As a CHL holder, I’ve thought about this. If (God forbid) I were to ever use my weapon in defense of myself or others, I think I’d rather remain anonymous.
Very good point! No good deed goes unpunished, eh? Well, I’m sure those close to him will let him know how deeply they appreciate him.
They’ll probably find a way to count it as a school shooting, though.
Well, it was a Back to School event, after all . . .
Well, it was a back-to-school event </snark>.
They’ll probably even count it as two shootings – one for the perpetrator and another for the defender.
It’s also proof that we need more funding for public schools. And health care. And grief counselors. And bureaucrats to oversee them all. And unions. And…
We take care of our own. FL is bringing a guardian program to the schools and Polk County has already selected its first protectors. Meanwhile, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (remember that shooting) is getting squirrely about metal detectors–now that school is starting. They can’t figure out how to do it without slowing students down. I don’t know how effective those machines are, but they might at least be a deterrent. But no one wants to be inconvenienced.
Yeah, people like the idea of just throwing metal detectors at the problem. They forget that metal detectors must be manned (or personned, per Justin Trudeau), and the students will need to go through one at a time.
Thank you for the head’s up.
Outside Flagstaff, there is an extremely rural area called “the 40’s” which is off of the electric grid. People live in trailers on 40 acre parcels. Most of them are armed. For some reason, you rarely hear about any burglaries out in “the 40’s.” Go figure.
The three S’s?
Huh?
Shoot, shovel & shut-up
Another good-guy-with-a-gun that obviously never happened (ht / PJ Media)
https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/concealed-carry-holder-rescued-woman-from-carjacking-in-littlefield/1344495930
It’s because the left doesn’t accept the truth that it takes a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun, and the good guy does not have to be a policeman.
The rich and powerful can afford bodyguards (even David Hogg!), but the average person has to be his own bodyguard . . .
I love it! (That also applies if you find an “endangered species” on your land.)
Considering stories in the past on people ignoring crimes in process, this story is so heartening . Thanks, Terry.
The standard explanation of why some item didn’t get coverage is that the news media don’t cover dog- bites- man stories.
I guess the shooter would have had to kill lots of people for it to make the news. And then the rants would be made for gun control. Oh my.
A fistfight at a back to school event? Is that a thing these days?
Happens a lot more then most of us are aware of….
ARMED CITIZEN® STORIES
@kozak, these are amazing stories. I might suggest that you write an OP on this topic, suggesting the importance of making sure more of this information gets out. Just sayin’ . . .
The NRA also has a column called “The Armed Citizen”. I’d provide the link, but I don’t have my magazine in front of me . . .
Yee-HAA! I’ll have you know Pa is #2 in the nation for concealed carry permits, behind #1 Florida and right ahead of Texas!
Lets face it:
the government isn’t going to guarantee our safety. It can’t, even now. And many people in positions of power are determined to bring in more criminal illegals and shield from deportation any already here. That’s what “Abolish ICE! ” means.
I don’t know what people who seek “asylum” because they have crime at home (not a legal ground to do so) expect to happen when they get here. Look at Chicago.
Armed citizenry is the bedrock of our nation and our only hope for the future.
I once knew a builder whose crew found some arrowheads while excavating. He told them to keep it quiet and they kept on going. If anyone had found out, the Indians would have stopped the whole thing and he’d have lost a fortune.
Great story and great news. Thanks for sharing.
So true. You can’t dig a hole anywhere in the US without some Indian claiming it’s a scared burial ground for his tribe . . .
I probably should not admit it but I always like the stories about the 90 year old WWII vet who arms himself after being burgled for the 100th time and whacks a couple of criminals, both with records a mile long, when they break into his house mid-afternoon while he is taking his daily siesta.
FYI “The Armed “Citizen” is in every edition of the NRA magazine. It always the first and often the only thing that I read.
I agree. You are a great writer and have repeatedly stumped me. I hope you write an OP on this issue. I would also be interested to hear your personal experience, i.e. do you carry, etc?
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people:
Boston:
Boston again:
Chicago:
The two top causes of death among African Americans under 25 are physicians (abortions) and African American males from 15-24.