Posted on 07/20/2022 1:05:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
It was an act of pluck and composure worthy of a scene in the movies. But this was real life: A heavily armed man emerged from the bathroom in a Greenwood, Indiana, shopping mall on Sunday evening and began shooting — until he was killed by an armed bystander.
Mike Wright, manager of the Luca Pizza di Roma in the mall’s food court, remembers taking shelter when the firing started and then emerging when it stopped to see the bystander behind a low-slung wall with his handgun trained on the assailant he had shot to death.
“He stood there maybe 25 or 30 feet from the body and held that pistol pointed at him until law enforcement arrived,” Wright remembered Tuesday. “The good Samaritan guy seemed poised and under control. He appeared to be very disciplined.” Jim Ison, the local police chief, went further, saying that his engagement with the gunman, who had killed three people, was “nothing short of heroic.”
But along with the horror, drama and acclaim came a roaring and rekindled controversy in a country united in revulsion over its ceaseless plague of gun violence, yet bitterly divided over a loosening of gun restrictions like the Indiana law, passed this year, that allowed the bystander, Elisjsha Dicken, 22, to carry his 9-mm handgun in the first place.
But Dicken’s act, though heroic, was also a statistical unicorn. An examination of 433 active shooter attacks in the United States between 2000 and 2021 showed that only 22 ended with a bystander shooting an attacker, according to data from the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
How many were in “gun-free zones,” as this one was? Seems to me we need fewer gun-free zones, or more people ignoring the signs.
this is the gofundme
https://www.gofundme.com/f/elis-legal-fund?qid=a41ae340413817e683eecc294647ac54
Of those 433, how many took place in "gun free zones" where bystanders were not allowed to be armed? Those 22 might actually be a large percent of cases where it could have happened.
Guarantee? No. A deterrent, perhaps? I’m all for potential mass shooters being afraid to act.
Just summarizing this article’s intent
I’d like to see what the NYT considers an active shooter. Their number of 433 seems high given how much media attention is given to shootings like the Parade and Buffalo supermarket. Do they add in groups of aspiring rappers mag dumping on each other at impromptu street festivals?
If they took place in Chicago, Philadelphia, or NYC... those are all “gun free zones”.
When a citizen gets the chance, they are more effective than a cop
Exactly. No surprise a good guy doesn’t step in places where they can’t legally be armed.
Hope yer good bro.
It takes a well armed village.
How many active shooter attacks were prevented by armed bystanders?
If there were more people who were armed and trained in using a firearm for self-defense, how many more active shooter attacks would have ended with a bystander shooting an attacker?
Yep, no worries.
Hadn’t seen that yet. Thanks.
“An examination of 433 active shooter attacks in the United States between 2000 and 2021 showed that only 22 ended with a bystander shooting an attacker...”
Using leftist math, every time a leftist shooter is shot dead, it discourages 5,000 other leftists from attempting a mass shooting. That’s 300,000 lives saved annually. Or nearly 1,000 people saved each day. Let’s have three cheers for shooting leftists dead.
“Maybe not the best idea. The cops might arrive, see him standing there with a gun in his hand, and blow his ass away.”
Here’s the reality: The cops arrived, correctly analyzed the situation and mopped up.
No lasting solution? The hero showed what our forefathers knew - the inalienable right to keep and bear arms.
Seems like you would want to repeat that success rather than the Texas school shooting.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.