Armed citizen shoots down mass shooter

[C_T_Russell]

Great job! He was able to take down the shooter before cops could get there...

Authorities say the person who shot five people at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall, killing three of them, before a shopper shot and killed him was a 20-year-old local man.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/19/polic...-attacker/

[Praktica]

Imagine the carnage when every armed fool in the vicinity lets fly at what he thinks is a threat...

[king1]

I tend to agree with Praktica on this - one person might have saved a few lives but you can't help feeling a bit worried for some poor bastard who gets in the way

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Sorry Your Honour, I thought there was imminent danger..

[C_T_Russell]

Imagine the carnage when every armed fool in the vicinity lets fly at what he thinks is a threat...

Thankfully, its not much of an issue from what i can tell, or else we would be hearing alot of such incidents.
Most gun owners over there are largely responsible.

[Lilith7]

Sorry Your Honour, I thought there was imminent danger..

Just fabulous - every nitwit carrying a gun at all times, 'just in case'. What could possibly go wrong...

[king1]

Imagine the carnage when every armed fool in the vicinity lets fly at what he thinks is a threat...

Thankfully, its not much of an issue from what i can tell, or else we would be hearing alot of such incidents.
Most gun owners over there are largely responsible.

I don't see too many responsible gun owners in the media...

[SueDonim]

Thankfully, its not much of an issue from what i can tell, or else we would be hearing alot of such incidents.
Most gun owners over there are largely responsible.

I don't see too many responsible gun owners in the media...

You tend to just see the irresponsible ones in the media. The responsible ones don't create news.

If you do some research on the differing state laws in the US and the gun crime rates, you will find little or no correlation between how tight or liberal the laws are and the danger to the public. What you will find is that some of the safest places are those with concealed carry. Everyone knows that anyone may be armed and the weirdos are less likely to let rip.

[king1]

I don't see too many responsible gun owners in the media...

You tend to just see the irresponsible ones in the media. The responsible ones don't create news.

If you do some research on the differing state laws in the US and the gun crime rates, you will find little or no correlation between how tight or liberal the laws are and the danger to the public. What you will find is that some of the safest places are those with concealed carry. Everyone knows that anyone may be armed and the weirdos are less likely to let rip.

The only flaw I see with the argument is that the weirdos are usually intent on going out in a hail of bullets - i'm not sure too many of them expect to survive, or whether it ends up as suicide by cop or otherwise

[Oh_hunnihunni]

It isn't about the guns. It is about the culture.

[Zurdo]

There will be a movie made about this - although there will be a lot more carnage and heaps more bullets.