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The Tacoma Mall (Washington State, 2005, 6 wounded) shooting was stopped after the shooter was confronted by a citizen with a pistol. Although the citizen did not fire but was shot and paralyzed, the shooter retreated into a store with no more shots fired.

The mall shooting in Utah (2007??) was in part stopped by an off-duty cop with his family IIRC.

I forgot about those. Thank you for for the reminder.

There was also the Appalachian School of Law shooting. Like the Virginia Tech shooting, and like the one in new York, it was caused by an immigrant who went on a rampage. Unlike the VT or New York shootings, two students had weapons and helped subdue the gunman before he could do more damage (he shot and killed 3 innocent people and injured 3 more).

I don't know if being an immigrant had anything to do with anything, but it does seem a bit of an odd coincidence that at least 4 of the mass murders I can think of (Utah mall, Virginia Tech, Appalachian School of Law, the New York case), involved immigrants. Hmmm.

This case has been mentioned in the past as being indicative of the media's bias against guns, since it was two students with guns who helped stop the killer, but that aspect is rarely mentioned.

When discussing this sorts of shootings, these are the ones which should be mentioned, and if they are "forgotten" by the media, it is up to pro-2A citizens to serve as reminders. Write letters to the editor or to station managers or producers, make phone calls, etc., until both sides of the story are told.

For the record: The off-duty police officer's name was Ken Hammond in the Utah incident, and the citizen gun owner in Tacoma was Dan McKown. They, along with Jean Assam (New Life Church) plus gun owners Tracy Bridges and Mikael Gross (Appalachian School of Law) and Ted Besen (an unarmed student at AS of L who helped disarm the criminal) should be commended and remembered as the heroes they are.

Dan McKeown (sp?) was honored as Hero of the Year by the American Legion. He remains paralyzed and in a wheelchair but is working on regaining the use of his legs. And also is still promoting his homemade (?) comedy DVD.

When hearing that the shooter was charged with 2nd Degree attempted murder he quipped something like “What? I’m not worth a 1st Degree charge!?”