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CNN: "Female Security Guard Hailed as Hero"... "saved 'hundreds of lives'"
www.cnn.com ^ | December 10, 2007 | CNN

Posted on 12/10/2007 10:58:54 AM PST by Luke Skyfreeper

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) -- A Colorado Springs megachurch instituted security precautions after a shooting at a Denver area mission center earlier Sunday, saving "hundreds of lives" at the New Life Church, senior Pastor Brady Boyd said Monday.

A New Life parishioner acting as a security guard shot and killed a gunman who entered the church Sunday afternoon after he had gotten no more than 50 feet inside the building, Boyd said.

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Boyd said the female security guard was a hero in preventing further bloodshed, rushing to confront the gunman just inside the church.

"She probably saved over a hundred lives," Boyd said of the guard, whom he said is not a law enforcement officer and used her personal weapon.

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"Hundreds of lives were saved yesterday because of the plan that was put in place," said Boyd, who put the number of people on the church campus at the time as 7,000.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; castledoctrine; ccw; guns; gutsygal; heroes; heroine; jeanneassam; leo; militia; newlifechurch; rkba; winner
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To: Travis McGee

Wait’n see.....probably right yet she fired a bunch of rounds at the POS. They are already turning the smoke grenades into GRENADES ! Better for the film at 11 crew.....


481 posted on 12/10/2007 5:44:43 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Aaron0617
There was an additional armed security guard there, another man, who also didn't fire, Bourbonnais said.

An earlier article said the female security guard was the only one with a gun. I wonder if Bourbonnais only saw their holsters and thought both male guards had guns when they didn't.

Which is why the male guards weren't shooting back.

482 posted on 12/10/2007 5:44:53 PM PST by Aaron0617
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To: papertyger

Hey, you could always carry a violin case.


483 posted on 12/10/2007 5:46:05 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Squantos

His smokes will be tactical nukes by tomorrow.


484 posted on 12/10/2007 5:46:50 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: papertyger; archy; Squantos
Perfect for church. Wiuldn't raise an eyebrow.


485 posted on 12/10/2007 5:49:31 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Squantos
They are already turning the smoke grenades into GRENADES ! Better for the film at 11 crew.....

If the guy knew to take them along I have to assume he knew when and where popping a few smokes would be as tactically advantageous as anything that goes boom.

Wonder if the MSM will get that part right, or poopoo the smokes.

486 posted on 12/10/2007 5:52:07 PM PST by papertyger (changing words quickly metastasizes into changing facts -- Ann Coulter)
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To: papertyger

Wait’n see........


487 posted on 12/10/2007 5:56:12 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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According to this report:

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_7683781

Her name is Jeanne Assam.


488 posted on 12/10/2007 6:04:48 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Squantos; Travis McGee
They are already turning the smoke grenades into GRENADES ! Better for the film at 11 crew.....

Even if the media spin it this way, it still works to our advantage, e.g. we just counter: "This incident demonstrates that quick thinking and response by an armed citizen can not only save lives threatened by deranged people using a gun, but it can also save lives threatened by potential terrorist bombers." I don't see this type of spin attempt as a downside.

489 posted on 12/10/2007 6:07:23 PM PST by tarheelswamprat
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To: Publius6961

So, do you have any evidence to the contrary of what the state panel says? Or were you just guessing?


490 posted on 12/10/2007 6:09:48 PM PST by gracesdad
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To: rabidralph
"But what a lesson she’ll have to teach next Sunday!"

This would be appropriate...

David and Goliath

491 posted on 12/10/2007 6:14:12 PM PST by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Travis McGee
I blew the formatting with the < > on that reply at 367. It dropped out the middle quote, and totally mangles my meaning. I meant to 100% agree that it could have been 100s easily, with 7,000 tightly packed targets, and rifle ammo capable of penetrating several people each.

I was pretty sure of your intent - I just thought the possible grenade angle was interesting.

Talking to you reminds me to quit procrastinating and order your second book! I thoroughly enjoyed the first one. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

492 posted on 12/10/2007 6:15:13 PM PST by tarheelswamprat
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Fabulous article!


493 posted on 12/10/2007 6:27:30 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
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To: tarheelswamprat
The pastor and guard were just on LKL, and he said that the service was over and "only" a few hundred people were left at the church. That doesn't change the basic story line at all, but it is a good example of how wrong info gets out and embedded. The poster above quoted, and most of the assumptions on the thread, were that services were still on and 7,000 people were inside. Just another example of waiting to see how facts emerge.

While I am not a believer that we should all sit around and sing Kumbaya and not notice things about the world, this is a good example that FACTS and how people act must trump pre-suppositions. If you just looked at HER (the guard) and her name, and looked at HIM (the murderer) and his name, it would be easy for a lot of folks, some on these threads, to assume that she is more likely to be a terrorist and he to be an innocent victim. Life plays out in lots of funny ways.

494 posted on 12/10/2007 6:33:17 PM PST by BohDaThone
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To: EdReform

The fact that people CAN conceal carry stops crime. This point was stated on a local hippie rock station, 103.1 FM, in Los Angeles today, during a report on this brave woman’s deeds.

The guy who made the point is their “Legal Advice Show” guy at the station.

I sensed that the Newsreader-ette Gal - was going to pee her pants in horror, when he said this. Her reaction on air suggested that she is a gun-control ‘advocate.’ She was clearly horrified that he was “suggesting” that when honest citizens carry guns, there is less crime in the community.

:)

This exchange was heard ...in L.A.

Conclusion: Hell has indeed ‘frozen over.’

Yay!!!!


495 posted on 12/10/2007 6:41:45 PM PST by 4Liberty (U.S. tax laws are enforced, Immigration laws aren’t = global tax)
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To: DocRock
My husband was head usher at our former church. He had an informal "A team" in case of trouble. They never had any because they always managed to talk 'em down. Of course if you have a couple of old Navy Chiefs, a karate black belt whose night job is bouncer in a local bar, a judo instructor, and your team leader is 6'6", 250# and 4th kyu aikido, it helps.

Problem is in GA nobody can tote in a church. That puts everybody at a disadvantage. Gun free zone. They were always very aware of that.

496 posted on 12/10/2007 6:52:47 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: tarheelswamprat

Yep. Susanna Gratia Hupp is a hero as well.


497 posted on 12/10/2007 6:59:53 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
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To: Luke Skyfreeper
"She probably saved over a hundred lives," Boyd said of the guard, whom he said is not a law enforcement officer and used her personal weapon.

I'd share a foxhole with her...and I haven't even seen her picture.

5.56mm

498 posted on 12/10/2007 7:09:15 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: AnAmericanMother
" informal "A team"

I like that description. I hope you don't mind if I use it at my church in the future. We also have an "unspoken", "informal A team" which immediately responds to any trouble and shifts from "usher" mode to "bouncer" mode. Our church is located next to a "half-way" house and we have drunks wonder in frequently. We also have no trouble "talk'n em down" as they don't wish to go back to the "big house". We've had a few lately that required the "laying on of hands" to remove from the service but they were the young punks that "know their rights". I'll share one of my favorite which just happened last month.

The pastor was preaching against Islam and that we don't worship the same God as Allah when a few tattooed, pierced young adults decided to make a scene. We escorted the ring leader to the parking lot and we stood between him and the door. He wouldn't leave and when pressed about that, he told us his friends were still inside. We were OK with that until he pulled out a cigarette and started to light up which is against our church policy of "No tobacco use on church property". Again, this informed young adult knew his rights and stepped off the church property onto the city sidewalk and started smoking his cigarette while verbally assaulting us. Then, on a clear day... with only a few white puffy clouds... it began to rain on him.

I looked at all the other ushers and we looked up at the clear sky and we all got under the awning and started heckling the heckler... fully expecting the full ZOT! from God any moment.

499 posted on 12/10/2007 7:11:59 PM PST by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Luke Skyfreeper

Golly! Sure she’s not a Marine?


500 posted on 12/10/2007 7:14:54 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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