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Do Civilians Armed With Guns Ever Capture, Kill, or Otherwise Stop Mass Shooters?
The Volokh Conspiracy ^ | 14 December, 2012 | Eugene Volokh

Posted on 12/15/2012 7:57:59 AM PST by marktwain

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I have three more on my list, which I will publish later.

Of course, when a mass shooting is stopped by an armed citizen, there are not as many victims. Critics can always claim that it is then not a "real" mass shooting.

1 posted on 12/15/2012 7:58:07 AM PST by marktwain
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I created this image in 1/2 hour using Google Images and MS Paint. Anybody can do the same. I suggest that this approach be taken to counter the coming firestorm against firearms. If you can't make an image, at least copy and share the ones you find.

Hollywood and the MSM created these monsters, and now Hollywood and the MSM will blame the tools, not the cultural wreckage they wrought. Let's turn the focus back around where it belongs.


2 posted on 12/15/2012 7:58:52 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Seems like there was one at a Georgia college (Law school maybe) some years ago where someone went to his car and got a gun and killed a potential mass killer.


3 posted on 12/15/2012 8:01:06 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: marktwain

Thanks for posting!


4 posted on 12/15/2012 8:02:11 AM PST by albie
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I have tried, lately, to remind people of what happened in Kennesaw when they *mandated* a firearm in every household.

An *immediate* drop in violent crime of more than 85%.


5 posted on 12/15/2012 8:03:52 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: Travis McGee

Entertainment has a way of coaxing the lowest common denominator out of people, but again people also have the ability to refuse entertainment It takes two to do that tango.


6 posted on 12/15/2012 8:05:18 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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I don’t buy the games and movies angle by themselves. You or I wouldn’t behave any differently after playing thousands of hours of violent games.

Now combine them with liberal indoctrination coming from the schools where “reality” has become a subjective concept and you have a recipe for disaster.

Its also important to note that our parents probably didn’t allow us to watch very violent movies or play the games. We were expected to make those decisions for ourselves as adults.


7 posted on 12/15/2012 8:05:38 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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At a local high school, an armed deputy shot an armed would be intruder stopped at the restricted entry point


8 posted on 12/15/2012 8:05:52 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)
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Yahoo has this story on their site saying that a motive has not been found for the killings.

Crazy people don’t need motives. They make one up in thier crazed minds.


9 posted on 12/15/2012 8:07:00 AM PST by Venturer
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And Kennesaw really was only a “strong suggestion.” It was easy to opt out as conscientious objector. Anyhow, robbers felt it wise to move on to easier pickings.


10 posted on 12/15/2012 8:07:00 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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I think you can up your confidence level on #4.

The guy shot a couple of people in the parking lot and was stopped by being shot on his way into the church.

What do you think he was planning to do in there? Pray for forgiveness?


11 posted on 12/15/2012 8:07:00 AM PST by Sherman Logan (Brought to you by one of the pale penis people.)
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A well-placed shot at the head of a crazy artist from Austria would have stopped a mass murder.

But then again, he made sure there were strict gun laws in place to protect his sorry....uh protect the children. Yeah, that’s what it was!


12 posted on 12/15/2012 8:08:00 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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The same MSM that would scream “hate” in a new york millisecond.


13 posted on 12/15/2012 8:08:00 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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Travis, where is that cartoon drawing showing the dead laying around, where guns are bad? I need it for my facebook page, thanks.


14 posted on 12/15/2012 8:08:18 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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Islamic terrorists are already seeing a prime opportunity here, this school shooting was one person, terrorists will no doubt plan on several dozen school shootings across America.

All they need is a political map to see where schools are in a blue zone.

Either take your kids out of school or arm the school, no middle ground allowed here. Evil has struck and is about to strike again.


15 posted on 12/15/2012 8:08:29 AM PST by Eye of Unk (A Civil Cold War in America is here, its already been declared.)
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Mr. Hitler and Austria — it took two to tango.


16 posted on 12/15/2012 8:08:55 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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Yep. While the population doubled, too.


17 posted on 12/15/2012 8:09:36 AM PST by RandallFlagg ("Liberalism is about as progressive as CANCER" -Alfonzo Rachel)
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To: Travis McGee

There is something else that has changed the culture. They don’t lock up crazy people. The do-gooders claimed that these people would be okay on the streets if they would just take their medications. Well, they don’t usually take their medications because they think they are okay without the drugs.


18 posted on 12/15/2012 8:10:23 AM PST by MondoQueen
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Do you think the LCD will refuse the elixir or violent, cruel entertainment?


19 posted on 12/15/2012 8:11:28 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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20 posted on 12/15/2012 8:11:32 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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