Armed Defenders DO Stop Mass Murders
Here’s a story about the mass murder that didn’t happen at San Antonio’s Santikos Mayan Palace 14 theater.
Upset over his girlfriend breaking up with him, model-citizen-not-to-be-named-here sent her a message telling her he would go to the restaurant where he worked and “shoot somebody.”
According to Bexar County sheriff’s Sgt. Raymond Pollard: “[not-named-here] went inside, chased people out the back door, and followed one employee as he ran toward the theater, apparently because he was the easiest target.”
Ron Borsch, manager of the SEALE Academy and longtime police trainer and member of Bedford, Ohio Police Department, has been compiling mass murder data for over a decade. He noted that these killers want to quickly inflict maximum damage, so they select places where they expect the least resistance, like “gun-free zones” (e.g. schools, business banning concealed carry).
Unfortunately for no-name, Bexar County sheriff’s Sgt. Lisa Castellano was working off-duty as a security guard at the theater. After no-name wounded two people, shooting one in the back, Sgt. Castellano “cornered him after he ran into a men’s restroom, shooting him several times and taking his gun.”
Both two victims seem to be physically safe, the back-shot victim being quickly released from the hospital.
Bleeding heart media wasted no time blaming the gun:
A restaurant employee who asked not to be identified said such an attack was out of character for Garcia, known as “Chuy” to coworkers.
“He’s a good kid and not violent. He’s quiet and minds his own business,” the coworker said. “I have nothing bad to say about him.”
The police don’t agree. The shooter “was charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to arrest records. His bail was set at a combined $1 million.”
The Left’s catch-22 is that they define mass murders as incidents in which four or more were killed. if fewer than four were killed, as here, they don’t include it in their statistics. If four or more were killed, well obviously the presence of a friendly gun failed to stop that.
The way they keep the numbers, we can’t win. It’s a matter of definition.
The real problem here is the simple fact that when an armed person stops a Mass Shooter before he can Mass Shoot – There is NO Body Count.
So it will only make Local News and be ignored on the National Level.
So even if the Prevention outnumbers the prolonged free fire (which are only successful in Gun Free Zones) no one gets to know about it.
Do mass murderers tell people where they are going and what they are going to do?
The Restaurant was targeted because that was were he worked and told his wife which enabled her to phone the police.This was about revenge because he got sacked
He chased an employee into the movie theatre because he seemed easier to catch,you can’t say he chose and ran there because it was a gun free zone.
He shot the armed police officer outside,in the parking lot.
I don’t believe this was preventing mass murder ,it’s the usual U.S high gun deaths.?
Why isn’t it being discussed how he had a gun,and his mental health state?
You are cherry picking incidents,
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/state&id=8913464
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Husband-sought-in-wake-of-W-Bexar-killing-4149685.php
Note that the victim said,
“My husband has a criminal history for theft and has recently purchased several handguns and assault rifles,” the affidavit says. “My husband has also been arrested several times for domestic violence towards me and since I told him I wanted a divorce he has become increasingly hostile and unstable.”
Troll alert. Please notice the inability to accurately read the original not too well written article. Notice they have absolutely no interest in examining any facts concerning mass shootings in crime-enabled-zones (victims a plenty). Please continue to out your complete lack of compassion by siding with the lawless.
Sorry, pookie, you’re making much ado about your own alinsky. First the straw man about cherry picking. I noted up front here’s one story. To bring you up to speed, Mother Jones claims armed defenders never stop mass murders.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/gun-control-fails-say-statistics-from-gun-control-advocates/
Then you do what you misleadingly accused me of: cherry pick a couple of stories to support your own narrative.
If you want to discuss his having a gun and mental health issues, feel free to apply for a journalist position.
Unusual U.S. high gun deaths? Read my report noted above. The U.S. murder rate is middling.
‘Sorry, pookie, you’re making much ado about your own alinsky.’
You have made that comment before when someone has challenged your views.It’s lost on me because i’m in the U.K
I hope pookie isn’t the same as pooks in translation of what it means.
‘If you want to discuss his having a gun and mental health issues, feel free to apply for a journalist position.’
Is that what you have to do in the U.S to be better informed?
“attempted capital murder of a police officer and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon” ?!!??! WTF?!!
Sorry, no attemted capital murder of a cop. That cop was OFF DUTY. Not working as a cop, ergo, no special cop privileges should be extended unless the attempted murder was specifically BECAUSE of her copliness. (I.e., a crook attempting to waste the cop who put him away, or kill the cop who’s getting to close to uncovering the Vast Nutjob Conspiracy, or…)
It’s charges like this that only serve to increase the perception amongst the citizenry that gubmint folks are SPECIAL and more equal than the rest of us.
Go read the original story. There’s grounds for the charges.
Short answer, no. Long answer, nooooooo.