PC Flip-Flop by Military.com White House Correspondent on Armed Defense

Ammoland ^ | 26 January, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

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Korean men defending Koreatown during the 1992 LA riots.

A few days ago, on 21 January, Military.com White House Correspondent Bryant Jordan wrote an article about the Air Force reviewing its policies on allowing trained military personnel to carry concealed or openly, on and off duty, to supplement official guards and military police. From military.com:

The Air Force on Wednesday said its review of “active-shooter incidents across the country” found that many ended without police intervention because someone present with a weapon stopped the shooter.

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 The Air Force also did not release the data showing how many active-shooter incidents were stopped by someone on the scene carrying a weapon. A spokeswoman said the data came from the FBI, and cannot be released by the Air Force.

Three days later, Mr. Jordan published another article that seemed an attempt to contradict or minimize the previous Air Force statement.  From the second article on January 24th, Military.com:

FBI data on the number of active shootings thwarted by armed citizens appears to contradict an Air Force argument for authorizing off-duty airman to open-carry and conceal-carry weapons while on base…

But the data, which the Air Force said came from the FBI, states that only 5 of the 160 active-shooter incidents between 2000 and 2013 - or 3.1 percent - ended "after armed individuals who were not law enforcement personnel exchanged gunfire with the shooters."

This is interesting for several reasons.  First, because the Air Force made the correct call in the first place.  Those who have been watching the active shooter situation know that many are stopped by armed people before responding police arrive. I detail 21 of those incidents

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The article goes on to detail incidents "missed" or ignored by the FBI 'study' that is said to invalidate the Air Force claim, though it does no such thing. It also shows how the numbers are manipulated in the 'study' to minimize the role of armed citizens defending against active shooters.

[CPOSharky]

Too bad there is now way to count the number of times a “shooter” goes elsewhere because he knows there are armed persons in the area and heads for a “no gun” area.

[Excellence]

Logic fail.

somebody there who had a (first category of persons) concealed carry permit or (second category of persons who may or may not have been armed) somebody interdicted the active shooter.”

But the data, which the Air Force said came from the FBI, states that only 5 of the 160 active-shooter incidents between 2000 and 2013 — or 3.1 percent — ended “after armed individuals (third category of persons who may or may not have been concealed carry permit carriers) who were not law enforcement personnel exchanged gunfire with the shooters.”

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But the data, which the Air Force said came from the FBI, states that only 5 of the 160 active-shooter incidents between 2000 and 2013 - or 3.1 percent - ended "after armed individuals who were not law enforcement personnel exchanged gunfire with the shooters."

IF IT SAVES *ONE LIFE*, IT'S WORTH IT!!!