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Mass Killings Stopped by Armed Citizens

Gun Watch ^ | 16 December, 2012 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on by marktwain

There are several documented cases where armed citizens have stopped mass attacks by gunmen. Let me list a few: The Pearl, Mississippi school shooting was stopped by the vice principal Joel Myrick with a Colt .45, The Appalachian School shooting was stopped by two students with handguns. Both of the above incidents were stopped by the armed citizens threatening the shooter without firing.

Pearl High School Link

Appalacian Law School Link

Plans to slay everyone in the Muskegon, Michigan, store and steal enough cash and jewelry to feed their "gnawing hunger for crack cocaine" fell apart for a band of would-be killers after one of their victims fought back.

Muskegon Shooting Link

The mass church shooting in Colorado Springs was stopped by the shooter being shot by a church member with a CCW permit.

New Life Church Link

The Santa Clara gunshop shooting in 1999 was stopped by an armed citizen after the shooter declared that he was going to kill everyone. Police found a list of intended victims in his car. Only the perpetrator, Richard Gable Stevens was shot.

Santa Clara Gunshop Link

The December, 1991, Aniston, Alabama defense where a CCW holder stopped armed robbers who were herding employees, customers, and his wife into a cooler. He shot both robbers, killing one.

Aniston Shoney's Shooting Link

July 13, 2009, in Virginia at the Golden Food Market: The gunman tried to shoot several people, was stopped by a CCW carrier.

Golden Food Market Shooting Link

Just recently, in Early Texas, armed citizen Vic Stacy shot and stopped a deranged man who had just murdered two neighbors and was firing at police with a rifle. Stacy made a very long shot with his revolver, three times as far as the perpetrator was from the police officer, who had an AR-15 type rifle.

Early Texas Peach House Shooting Link

That sounds like a very good story... but it never made the national news.

I wonder who made the decision to spike that story.

Of course, when a mass shooting is stopped by an armed citizen, there are not as many victims. This leads to the charge that it would not really have been a mass shooting.



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To: marktwain

Sauce for the goose! ... We who carry legally should have these stories tucked awy in our memory banks, so when the twisted freak liberal progressives demand more gun control (read banning of defensive handguns, shotguns, and rifles) we can cite the usefulness of said defensive tools.



by 2 posted onby MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)

To: marktwain

This leads to the charge that it would not really have been a mass shooting."""""""......... Followed by, "he should have left it to the Law enforcement to handle the situation.""""""



To: marktwain; All

the GUN_CONTROL PATROL - from the Pres. on down - hit the airwaves while those little bodies were still in the school!("Never let a crisis go to waste" on steroids) How about MENTAL HEALTH control? These tragedies started after the mental health hospitals closed and put the mentally sick loose on the public - and treatment of choice is Prozac, etc, - these shooters have almost 100% been on Prozac and related drugs, which have a PROVEN side effect of suicide and violence.! Yet none of these sleazy politicians mention we need more control and treatment over the mentally ill - and who triggered turning the mentally ill loose on the public? Pres. Jimmy Carter. - which is another reason it's never mentioned. If these mental cases can't get a gun, they use other means - like pipe bombs... It's not the guns. I remember when the mental hospitals were closed - and mentally sick couldn't be committed without THEIR permission! That's like saying the drunk driver can't be arrested without their permission. post this link everywhere and anywhere you can - There are not many people today who know or remember why the mentally ill not only don't get the treatment THEY need, but who explode with such violence on the Innocent. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=32339



by 4 posted onby maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does.)

To: marktwain

Posting working links here, in case the blog post link disappears or is changed.

Mass Killings Stopped by Armed Citizens There are several documented cases where armed citizens have stopped mass attacks by gunmen. Let me list a few: The Pearl, Mississippi school shooting was stopped by the vice principal Joel Myrick with a Colt .45, The Appalachian School shooting was stopped by two students with handguns. Both of the above incidents were stopped by the armed citizens threatening the shooter without firing. Pearl High School Link Appalacian Law School Link Plans to slay everyone in the Muskegon, Michigan, store and steal enough cash and jewelry to feed their "gnawing hunger for crack cocaine" fell apart for a band of would-be killers after one of their victims fought back. Muskegon Shooting Link The mass church shooting in Colorado Springs was stopped by the shooter being shot by a church member with a CCW permit. New Life Church Link The Santa Clara gunshop shooting in 1999 was stopped by an armed citizen after the shooter declared that he was going to kill everyone. Police found a list of intended victims in his car. Only the perpetrator, Richard Gable Stevens was shot. Santa Clara Gunshop Link The December, 1991, Aniston, Alabama defense where a CCW holder stopped armed robbers who were herding employees, customers, and his wife into a cooler. He shot both robbers, killing one. Aniston Shoney's Shooting Link July 13, 2009, in Virginia at the Golden Food Market: The gunman tried to shoot several people, was stopped by a CCW carrier. Golden Food Market Shooting Link Just recently, in Early Texas, armed citizen Vic Stacy shot and stopped a deranged man who had just murdered two neighbors and was firing at police with a rifle. Stacy made a very long shot with his revolver, three times as far as the perpetrator was from the police officer, who had an AR-15 type rifle. Early Texas Peach House Shooting Link That sounds like a very good story... but it never made the national news. I wonder who made the decision to spike that story. Of course, when a mass shooting is stopped by an armed citizen, there are not as many victims. This leads to the charge that it would not really have been a mass shooting.



by 5 posted onby EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)

To: EdReform

BTTT



To: marktwain

by 7 posted onby Perseverando (Gun control? It's really not about gun control. It's about PEOPLE CONTROL!)

To: Brad's Gramma

Hi BG! Hope all is well! Merry Christmas to you and yours!



by 8 posted onby EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)

To: marktwain

Thanks for the post! Bump for posterity



by 9 posted onby JerseyDvl (Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)

To: maine-iac7

Be careful about that Carter posting. We got rid of most of the funding for the programs to treat mentally ill under Reagan, including that federal program for community mental health treatment. And frankly I don’t want the government funding more mental health projects like Carter tried to do. It’s a huge boondoggle of government expenditure to house and/or treat them. We block granted it and cut the funding to the states. So it’s up to the states to fund this stuff and if they don’t want to do it, so be it. I know this was a lot of kids but this is the price we pay. It’s not all that high on a yearly average, only about 10k people or so.



To: EdReform

Thank you for your post, good job!



To: EdReform

Kick-ass post. THANK YOU.



To: EdReform

great work; thank you for the links....



by 13 posted onby skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today; who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :)

To: EdReform

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To: EdReform

Thanks, Ed!!! I’m sitting here watching really big fluffy white stuff fall from the sky! I haven’t seen this since 1976.. ;). I’m being a dork and taking pictures. Har! Merry Christmas to you and yours!



To: EdReform

Thank you. This is going to be critical information in the coming months.



by 16 posted onby absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)

To: absalom01; marktwain; Brad's Gramma; golux; skinkinthegrass; 2nd amendment mama; FrankR

Some good information posted by FrankR here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2969081/posts?page=9#9



by 17 posted onby EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)

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by 18 posted onby DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)

To: Conservative4Life

bump for future references.... I was involved with stopping a school shooting in my hometwon the day before the Red Lake School shooting.



by 19 posted onby Conservative4Life (Those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it. Elections have consequences.)

To: EdReform

Thanks! :-)



by 20 posted onby skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today; who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :)

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