[Lazamataz]

Shannon Watts said a good guy with a gun "has never" stopped a bad guy with a gun.

Dear Shannon Watts,

STFU until you have a clue what you are talking about.

And make me a gaw-damned sammich.

Love,

Laz

1. The Pearl, Mississippi school shooting was stopped by the vice principal Joel Myrick with a Colt .45, The Appalachian School shooting was stopped by two students with handguns. Both of the above incidents were stopped by the armed citizens threatening the shooter without firing.
   Pearl High School Link
   
   
2. Appalachian Law School Link
   
   
3. Plans to slay everyone in the Muskegon, Michigan, store and steal enough cash and jewelry to feed their "gnawing hunger for crack cocaine" fell apart for a band of would-be killers after one of their victims fought back.
   Muskegon Shooting Link
   
   
4. The mass church shooting in Colorado Springs was stopped by the shooter being shot by a church member with a CCW permit.
   New Life Church Link
   
   
5. The Santa Clara gunshop shooting in 1999 was stopped by an armed citizen after the shooter declared that he was going to kill everyone. Police found a list of intended victims in his car. Only the perpetrator, Richard Gable Stevens was shot.
   Santa Clara Gunshop Link
    
   
6. The December, 1991, Aniston, Alabama defense where a CCW holder stopped armed robbers who were herding employees, customers, and his wife into a cooler. He shot both robbers, killing one.
   Aniston Shoney's Shooting Link
   
   
7. July 13, 2009, in Virginia at the Golden Food Market: The gunman tried to shoot several people, was stopped by a CCW carrier.
   Golden Food Market Shooting Link
   
   
8. Just recently, in Early Texas, armed citizen Vic Stacy shot and stopped a deranged man who had just murdered two neighbors and was firing at police with a rifle. Stacy made a very long shot with his revolver, three times as far as the perpetrator was from the police officer, who had an AR-15 type rifle.
   Early Texas Peach House Shooting Link
   
   
9.  Updated link to Peach House Shooting one Year Later
   
   That sounds like a very good story... but it never made the national news.
   I wonder who made the decision to spike that story.
   Of course, when a mass shooting is stopped by an armed citizen, there are not as many victims. This leads to the charge that it would not really have been a “mass shooting”.
   
   
10. I have added this incident at the request of a reader:
    Abraham Dickman had a history of anger against employees of the AT&T store in New York Mills, New York. On May 27th, 2010, he walked into the store with a .357 and a list of six employees. He shot the first employee, but was stopped from further attacks when Donald J. Moore, an off duty police officer who was allowed to carry his own handgun when not on duty, drew and fired his .40 caliber, killing Mr. Dickman before he could fire any more shots.
    AT&T store Link
    
    
11. Here is another likely candidate.
    College Park, GA, May 4, 2009.
    Two gunman entered a party and ordered the men separated from the women. Then they started counting bullets. “The other guy asked how many (bullets) he had. He said he had enough,” said Bailey.
    When one of the assailants prepared to rape a girl, a student was able to access a handgun and engage the two attackers in a firefight, driving one off and killing the other before the thug could rape his girlfriend.
    “I think all of us are really cognizant of the fact that we could have all been killed,” said Bailey.
    College Park Link
    
    
12. Another off duty police officer stopped the Trolley Square shooting with his personal handgun. He stopped the killing and contained the shooter until police reinforcements arrived and ended the situation.
    Trolley Square Shooting Link
    
    
13. Winnemucca NV shooting, 25 May, 2008
    The shooter, Ernesto Villagomez, entered the Players Bar and Grill and killed two people. He reloaded and was continuing to shoot when a citizen with a concealed carry permit shot him and stopped the killing.
    Winnemuca Shooting Link
    
    
14. Parker Middle School Dance Shooting
    14 Year old Andrew Jerome Wurst Killed one person and wounded three others when he was confronted by James Strand who subdued Wurst with a shotgun and held him until police arrived.
    Parker Middle School Dance Shooting Link
    
    
15. Destiny Christian Center Shooting, April 24, 2012
    Kiarron Parker rammed his car into another in the church parking lot, got out and attempted to kill multiple church members. He was only able to kill one before a member of the congregation, the nephew of the lady killed, and an off duty police officer, drew his handgun and shot Parker, stopping the killing.
    Destiny Christian Center Shooting Link
    
    
16. Tyler Courthouse shooting, 2005 While police officers were involved in this shooting before and after Mark Alan Wilson intervened, no more people were killed after he shot the shooter, who had body armor, and who was able to return fire and kill the CCW holder, Wilson.
    Tyler Courthouse Shooting Link
    
    
17. Clackamas Mall Shooting
    I include this story because it is recent and has been getting some interest on the net. This case is not as clear as the others listed. This incident is similar to the more common defensive uses of guns because the mere display of the gun was enough to defuse the situation. We can never know if the shooter decided to commit suicide because he was confronted by Nick Meli, the CCW holder, as the shooter is dead. However, many mass shooters commit suicide when they know that armed resistance is at hand.
    Clackamas Concealed Carry Showdown Link
     
    
    
18. I have added this link as suggested by Doug Kuiphoff in the comments.  I do not think that it qualifies as a mass shooting stopped, because the potential shooter says that he did not intend to shoot anyone, but to kidnap some people.  Still, it is an interesting story, so here is the link:
     SC:Boiling Springs Freewill Baptist Church event
    
    
19. Added, from 2012.  Consider that the Plymouth shooting incident happened just three months before Sandy Hook.  Mark Ktytor, a concealed carry permit holder, stopped a likely mass killing before it reached enough victims to officially quallify.   From the citizensvoice.com:
    

.... and that's only 5 seconds of internet surfing.

[driftdiver]

5seconds? Heck that’s a full days work for govt people.

[waxer1]

Could not said it better myself.

[_Jim]

Thank fully, somebody mentions Nick Meli.