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To: MarvinStinson

Different situations.
In Highland you had a shooter on the roof shooting into the crowd. In Greenwood you had a shooter in the food court.

On the other hand, Elisjsha Dicken shot his opponent with a pistol from 40 yards and hit him with 8 out of 10 shots. That is really good shooting. He might very well have been able to engage Crimo.


9 posted on 07/20/2022 12:39:25 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Little Ray

He might well have forced him to keep his head down, at least.


14 posted on 07/20/2022 12:43:54 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Little Ray

Yes, they are different situations.

Does the fact that Highland Park involved a guy in a sniper position on a roof, negate the fact that a good guy with a gun stopped a slaughter in that mall in Indiana?

Why is Dick Durbin even eliciting such testimony from her, to get her to say that a good guy with a gun would not have been able to stop the Highland Park massacre? We will never know for sure, but even if true, what does that have to do with the concept, that a good man on scene can stop a madman bent on destruction?


21 posted on 07/20/2022 12:48:30 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Little Ray

CSGO players go for head shots. Grandpa probably trained him center mass. Between the two he would have saved many from the roof shooter. You are not thinking of the adrenaline a player feels and that of someone without muscle memory. Eli did awesome in the mall and I believe he would have done awesome there. A few more killed I am sure, but head popped up to aim he would have shot him between the eyes. You need to practice at the range, but the adrenaline... it works out gaming. No jitter. If you can shoot, you are steady.


26 posted on 07/20/2022 12:54:02 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: Little Ray; RummyChick
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27 posted on 07/20/2022 12:55:26 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Little Ray

Different situations.


One other big difference. Indiana is now a Constitutional carry state and Illinois is not. Chicago-area politicians are hostile to the idea of armed citizens. You need Illinois’s permission to legally posses a firearm (F.O.I.D.)


36 posted on 07/20/2022 1:25:52 PM PDT by hanamizu
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