Joe Doakes from Como Park emailed in re the Indiana mall shooting, and the Good Guy with a Gun that ended it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holy crap! Nice shootin’, Tex.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Seriously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
OK, first things first: having to shoot someone in self-defense is the second-worst possible outcome to a very bad situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With that out of the way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To elaborate on Joe – within fifteen seconds<\/a> of the demented troglodyte [spree killers seek fame, so I won’t name him] starting a shooting spree where he killed three people, and clearly intended to kill as many people as possible, 22 year old good samaritan and good guy with a gun Elisha Dicker moved his girlfriend to safety, and then engaged the murderer, firing ten shots, hitting the would-be spree killer eight times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a range of 120 feet<\/strong>. With a handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While under life-or-death stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is incredibly impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And just try to find the story in the mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That, as usual, isn’t nearly as depressing as some of the other responses from leftyworld on social media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- “If ‘good guys with a gun’ were of any use, they’d kill the bad guy before they killed ANYONE'”<\/li>
- “Ack-shyu-ally, good samaritans are *only* non-violent. If he were a *real* good samaritan, he’d have only carried a first aid kit.”<\/li>
- “Wouldn’t it be better if *nobody* had a gun?” (I try to ask them how they get the guns out of the hands of the Sapirmans of the world *first*. They never answer).<\/li>
- “It’s still another person dead…”<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Remember – their votes count as much as yours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depressing, huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The New York Times sounded off with an unctuous “Ack-shyu-ally”, saying good guys with guns ended about 3% of spree killings. That’s too low – but if you leave out shootings that happen where civilians aren’t allowed to have guns at all – schools, government buildings, bars in Florida, churches in Texas – and the fact that maybe 3-5% of the population actually carries even in permissive states, thats a pretty good percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m looking forward to doing the analysis on that sometime soon, here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of good guys with guns who’ve ended mass shootings is long, and full of the kind of people this brutally imperfect, evil-riven world needs more of. Dominic Rozier<\/a>. Nick Meli<\/a>. Jack Wilson<\/a>, Stephen Willeford<\/a>, Jeanna Assam<\/a>. And now, Elisha Dicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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