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Bar Shooting Was an “Active Shooter Situation” According to Owner
AmmoLand ^ | December 22, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 12/27/2022 3:46:03 AM PST by marktwain

On December 18, 2022, at about 6 p.m., a previous customer returned to Famous Sam’s bar in Tucson, Arizona, and fired a round into the ceiling. Another customer pulled his pistol and told the person with the rifle to drop the gun.

When the suspect started to point the rifle at him and another customer, he shot the rifle-toting shooter. KOLD initially reported the story:

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – A man is battling for his life after a bar fight ended in a shooting near Grant and Silverbell in Tucson late Sunday, Dec. 18.

In an interview with KVOA, Mark Rhude, the bar owner, gave a more detailed account of what happened. From kvoa.com:

A shooting at a bar on Tucson’s west side Sunday was initially reported by multiple media outlets as a “bar fight”, but Famous Sam’s owner Mark Rhude said it was a much different situation that could have been more serious.

Speaking exclusively with News 4 Tucson, Rhude said it was an active shooter situation stopped short by a heroic customer with a gun.

Arizona was the second state to re-establish Constitutional Carry.

Vermont has always had Constitutional Carry since the Bill of Rights was ratified. Alaska re-established Constitutional Carry in 2003. Arizona re-established Constitutional Carry in 2011. In Arizona law, there is a local wrinkle in Constitutional Carry. A person may carry in an establishment that serves alcohol, but the person who is carrying is not allowed to consume alcohol while carrying a concealed firearm. The firearm has to be concealed. From AZleg.gov:

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To: marktwain

. A person may carry in an establishment that serves alcohol, but the person who is carrying is not allowed to consume alcohol while carrying a concealed firearm. The firearm has to be concealed.
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Interesting.

So, sit in the bar a while. Note if anyone is not drinking. If all are drinking, then come back with a rifle.


21 posted on 12/27/2022 8:11:23 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: marktwain

“Active shooter” situations don’t tend to last very long in Arizona.


22 posted on 12/27/2022 8:16:26 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Scrambler Bob

“If all are drinking, then come back with a rifle.”

If all are drinking, you’ll still have to worry about the bartender and waitresses :)


23 posted on 12/27/2022 8:19:36 AM PST by Boogieman
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If all are drinking, you’ll still have to worry about the bartender and waitresses :)
= = =

OK, maybe my logic was clouded, but not by drinking of course.


24 posted on 12/27/2022 8:27:16 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Scrambler Bob

Just because a person is drinking in a bar does not mean that that person is not carrying. Some people ignore rules.


25 posted on 12/27/2022 10:33:28 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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Some people ignore rules.

A very good point. Even some people who frequently and recklessly ignore rules think other people will obey them!

26 posted on 12/27/2022 4:26:29 PM PST by marktwain
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