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We've Made A Rendering Of The 40-yard Shot That Took Down The Indiana Mall Shooter - This Guy Is Jason Freaking Bourne (Photos)
Right Journalism ^ | 07.23.2022 | Mark Van der Veen

Posted on 07/23/2022 5:32:43 AM PDT by Macky Cracklins

As we reported previously three people were killed and two others injured after a shooter opened fire in the food court of a Greenwood, Indiana, shopping mall Sunday evening, police say.

Around 6:00 p.m. local time, multiple people called 911 to report an active shooter at the Greenwood Park Mall, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison told reporters.

During a media briefing Sunday, police said the shooter was armed with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition. The type was weapon was not described beyond being a long gun.

“It appears that he had a rifle with several magazines of ammunition, entered the food court and began shooting,” Ison said.

Ison said that the shooter was killed by another person at the mall who was armed. Ison said the “good Samaritan” was a 22-year-old man from Bartholomew County.

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TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; bartholomewcounty; blogpimp; dickens; goodsamaritan; greenwood; greenwoodparkmall; guns; indiana; jimison; mall; secondamendment; texas
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To: Macky Cracklins; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; carriage_hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...

8 out of 10 starting at 40 yards and advancing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-zvcrAE5w

As far as I know Eli was carrying a factory Glock 19- no frills.
The guy in the video is offering to hook Eli up with all kinds of goodies but needs to make contact with Eli.


21 posted on 07/23/2022 6:18:00 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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To: Macky Cracklins

i wish his name had not been published

the LEFTIST crazies will do everything they can to make his life hell


22 posted on 07/23/2022 6:18:33 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: riverrunner

I used to practice shooting 50 yards with my .44 magnum Ruger Redhawk. I got pretty good. Took down two does at those distances. Handgun shooting requires ( in my humble opinion) regular practice. My abilities with a handgun have suffered considerably over the years as I get little practice. Rifle shooting on the other hand has suffered but not badly. I can still hit a kill zone at 100 yards.


23 posted on 07/23/2022 6:18:50 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Macky Cracklins

Not only did he kill this shooter, but he probably dissuaded three or four other crazies from carrying out their deadly mayhem.


24 posted on 07/23/2022 6:23:04 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Covenantor; Zathras; riverrunner; Joe Brower; CodeToad; Squantos

In this 2 minute video a pistol instructor tries a “Dickens Drill” against steel at 60 yards.

The instructor is using a red-dot optic on his Glock subcompact.

I have not seen if Dickens was using iron sights or a red dot optic. Terrific shooting either case.

The pistol instructor who took out the church shooter a few years ago did have a red dot optic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2AfGOD2bYQ&t=5s&ab_channel=DryFireTrainingCards


25 posted on 07/23/2022 6:24:25 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: mabarker1; allendale; Vaquero

Please see 25.


26 posted on 07/23/2022 6:25:29 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Boomer

As in most fight or flight syndrome events, “it depends” is the correct response.

Adrenalin can make one jumpy, jittery and generally worthless, but, often, again many variables dependent, it makes one rock solid, perceptive and able to leap small buildings in big bounds. A combination of kinesiology, hand eye coordination and both fine and gross motor control.

And, a survival mindset is a known key variable.

40 yards is a good way off with a fighting handgun. And, in practice, a deliberate well aimed shot with a handgun by other than a very proficient pistolero, it is difficult at best, but, when the chips are down, the background mind can and does, with adequate practical experience, make tremendous differences in outcomes.

Train as you likely will have to fight, then some more. I am quite certain this young man did not just own a gun and do wonders with it in a vacuum. He likely had a good bit of on the range and in the books background, even if he isn’t a Gunsite alum.

Well done.

This is why competitive shooting is a good, simulated environment for the self-defense minded shooter. IDPA, USPSA, 3-gun etc all have the excitement of nerves and stress- go shoot some, but remember, it’s a game, so don’t forget the tactics aspect, outside of the rulebooks.


27 posted on 07/23/2022 6:25:58 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Macky Cracklins

At that range, after the first hit or two, the perp probably was focused on looking much closer for who was returning fire. He probably never saw Eli closing on him.


28 posted on 07/23/2022 6:26:39 AM PDT by damper99
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To: Macky Cracklins

On a side note, I haven’t seen anything mentioned about the size of the perp. From the pictures that have been released of Sapirman, he appeared to be a pretty skinny guy, maybe less than 140 pounds and of average height.

Considering how thin he was, he made for a pretty small body mass target. With all the other data, together with what the size of the target would have been, these shots are beyond miraculous . . .


29 posted on 07/23/2022 6:26:51 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: Macky Cracklins

Impressive


30 posted on 07/23/2022 6:26:56 AM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: dblshot
Report said perp received 8 shots?

The report I'd read here on FR said he took 10 shots, 8 hit the perp.

At that distance, that's still damn' good. The kid's a stud.

31 posted on 07/23/2022 6:29:46 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Boomer
Yes, he is and he deserves credit for what he did. I mean a medal from the mayor, a parade down main street, a house, a new truck and a trust fund.

Leave a little room for divine intervention though; it was clearly in play.

The fact that Eli was prepared for the situation was helpful.

32 posted on 07/23/2022 6:32:11 AM PDT by OKSooner ("That was then, this is now." - S.E. Hinton, Tulsa, OK)
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To: Zathras
“Plan your shot, shoot your plan”

That works at the range; in combat, not so much.

33 posted on 07/23/2022 6:35:46 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: dblshot

8 of 10 fired.


34 posted on 07/23/2022 6:37:22 AM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe j)
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To: No.6
Eli was reportedly advancing, and most ranges frown on shooters moving into the target area

I encourage anyone who'll listen to find a privately owned range that allows drilling. There are a number of them here in central Florida, and the practice you get in actual shooting while moving is invaluable.

Cover-to-cover advancing and shooting is very difficult. I can put an 8mm round through the 10 ring at 300m from a bench rest, but you put me in a scootshoot situation with a handgun, and my accuracy drops significantly. What this guy did is nothing short of impressive.

35 posted on 07/23/2022 6:40:04 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: mabarker1

Eli will need some security for a while, as other leftists will try to get at him, from a much closer range.


36 posted on 07/23/2022 6:41:18 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: joshua c

The mall shared a characteristic of all or almost all such events i.e. it was a Gun Free Zone. That designation killed three customers and the lunatic. Courthouses should be the only gun free zones and only if they have the equipment to ensure that.


37 posted on 07/23/2022 6:41:42 AM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe j)
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To: mac_truck

I’m curious if he ran out of ammo. Was it just a 10 round mag? I’d love to know what was going through his mind after. I don’t generally carry a spare mag.


38 posted on 07/23/2022 6:42:24 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: Sarcazmo

Dicken was sufficiently practiced that “guts” was not involved. He and his girlfriend were a combat team whose actions were automatic. Chris Kyle would have been proud. The girlfriend, a nurse went immediately to the wounded to render skilled aid. Don’t leave her out of the adulation.


39 posted on 07/23/2022 6:46:08 AM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe l)
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To: Travis McGee

The video in post 25 shows the shooter hitting 9 out of 12 on a 65 yard torso target in under 10 seconds.

The range that I shot at for 35 years had a regular target setup at 50 yards. Of course, nobody was shooting back, but hitting a torso size target at 50 yards with a handgun was not difficult. I’m no better than average but I regularly hit 7 out of 7 with a 1911, 6 out of 6 with a S&W 686, 10 out of 10 with a Glock 17 and shot bullseye targets with various .22lr models.

So my evaluation of 8 out of 10 hits on a torso at 40 yards is that the shooter was good because of the situation, but wasn’t Jason Bourne. The media is showing their utter ignorance about handguns in general. I’m not shocked.


40 posted on 07/23/2022 6:49:48 AM PDT by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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