Posted on 05/05/2015 3:45:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
It wasn't a fair fight.
On one side, you had two men in body armor, toting assault rifles and showing every willingness to open fire now and count their victims later. On the other, you had a security officer -- a traffic officer by day -- with a pistol.
Somehow, the officer won.
Authorities have not released the name of the overmatched Garland, Texas, police officer who stopped a pair of gunmen Sunday night. But they have described what he did, actions that could be characterized as equal parts skillful, heroic and miraculous.
The event started, by all accounts, without a hitch.
Until, that is, about 6:50 p.m., when a dark-colored vehicle pulled into the entrance the Garland officer and school district officer were blocking.
"When that car pulled up and stopped, those officers began to exit that vehicle and two men exited the dark-colored sedan," Harn said. "Both of them had assault rifles, came around the back of the car and started shooting at the police car."
Gunfire reverberated around the complex, from the two gunmen, and the armed officer. A short time later, four members of a nearby SWAT team came in firing their high-powered rifles. But by the time they did, the Garland traffic officer was the only one standing.
The two attackers were already down on the ground by their car, having been shot by the traffic officer.
Within 15 seconds, the chaotic eruption was basically over.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
It’s not what you’re packing, it’s weather or not you know how to use it. And you don’t learn those skills from watching movies or playing videogames.
Conducted early and often.
It wasn’t a fair fight, only two jihadists and one Texas traffic cop and he didn’t have one hand tied behind his back!
LOL!!!!
The guy that got shot was on l y in the hospital a few hours. The cop that did the good-looking wasn’t hurt. The jihadists had body armor so I’m assuming shots to the head.
I’ve seen that remark before but it’s still funny. That would make a good cartoon!
And send a box to ISIS along with a few pair of extra small underwear.
Exactly. And the goat-fondlers didn’t have any of their own women and children to hide behind, putting them at disadvantage.
Good on Lone Star lawmen.
Good shooting not looking.
Everybody wants to buy him a beer, I want to buy him an ISLAND! To train us up some more pistol sharpshooters!
Look for the FOIA coming soon so the presstitutes can blazon this guys name address and face all over the place.
Good on Texas that he is still anonymous. How much longer I wonder.
I’m sure there are police on the payroll down there who would love to off this guy themselves.
So, I wonder when the Obungler and his 3 ring circus, will charge the cop with violating the civil rights of the muzzies?
Chris Kyle is smiling in heaven.
It’s been said the official yelled “Draw Mohammed!” Just before he shot them!
LOL! You bad!
As I’m reading thru the thread wishing all the HE could be changed to SHE. Just to mess with the Isis heads. (It does say officer without giving gender). ;-)
Hmmmm!
Extremely good point. The officer is 60, with 38 years of service, never drawn her/his weapon once OTJ, until now.
I know lots of old-school gals who shot crows and squirrels and snakes and whatnot out of their gardens from the porch. Women can sharp-shoot, too.
Marshall Dillon sends his “good shot” regards from Dodge City Kansas.
I’ve had Filter’s ‘Hey Man Nice Shot’ in my head :)
ALL of us need to be good shots asap.
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