Good Guy/Gal With A Gun

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Police: Boy, 3, shoots self with gun in drawer at Jupiter Inlet Colony home; 1 arrested

Stokes County 6-year-old shot, killed after getting hands on gun

Child in Virginia Beach dies after accidentally shooting himself; 23-year-old man arrested

[joan1984]

  The attendant at that gas station kissed his children, and spouse, as he returned home, and relished being with his family, and not dead on the gas station floor, following the attempted robbery that evening.

  As his wife milked another cum from her devoted husband, she was so happy about the gift she gave him of the firearm that saved his life.

  Their children, boys 3, and 6, will get to grow up with both parents.
NRA Training in Firearm Safety, and time he spent at the NRA Range to get proficient with his firearm, combined to save his life for his family.

Police: Boy, 3, shoots self with gun in drawer at Jupiter Inlet Colony home; 1 arrested

Stokes County 6-year-old shot, killed after getting hands on gun

Child in Virginia Beach dies after accidentally shooting himself; 23-year-old man arrested

[joan1984]

https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/deputies-no-charges-at-this-time-in-deadly-shooting-outside-an-upstate-qt-station/article_2f5e2ec6-0dce-11eb-ba48-470429f309ac.html 

A 58-year-old man in Spartanburg, South Carolina, died Wednesday morning after he allegedly took a swing at a concealed carry permit holder and was shot and fatally wounded.

Local station 106.3 WORD reports that the man, Russell David Berry, was seen on video allegedly waiting in a parking lot for an individual who was using an ATM in a QT convenience store.

As the man emerged from the QT and walked toward his car, Berry exited his vehicle and allegedly swung at the individual. The individual, a concealed carry permit holder who was armed, feared for his life, pulled his pistol, and shot one round.

Fox Carolina reports that that one round struck Berry in the abdomen and that Berry died a short time later while in surgery.

Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Kevin Bobo said that the sheriff’s office conferred with the solicitor’s office and determined the concealed permit holder’s actions resulted in a “justifiable homicide.”

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Boy, 3, finds loaded gun, shoots self in head at Oregon home

[joan1984]

https://abc11.com/goldboro-police-goldsboro-break-in-s-william-street-shooting-12-year-old-shoots-at-home-intruders/10336422/ 

HOME INVASION
12-year-old shoots, kills home intruder after 73-year-old woman shot during Goldsboro robbery, police say

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Goldsboro police are investigating after a 12-year-old shot at two intruders who forced their way into an apartment and shot a woman overnight.

Around 1 a.m., officers responded to a shooting report near 402 S. William Street. Officers then found a resident, a 73-year-old woman, with an apparent gunshot wound. Shortly after, a man was found at the intersection of William Street and Elm Street with a gunshot wound.
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Both were taken to Wayne UNC Health Care. The man, identified as Khalil Herring, 19, of Goldsboro, died from his injuries.

The investigation revealed two masked people forced their way into the residence, demanded money and shot the 73-year-old woman in the leg. During the robbery, a 12-year-old shot the intruders with a firearm in self-defense, causing them to flee. Evidence suggests Herring was one of the two masked intruders and was shot during the robbery.

"They came in the house, I open the door, I open it, and they came in there... One guy had a gun. They just put me down on the ground..." The [73-year-old woman] was in the kitchen, I don't know why they shot her," said the son of the woman, Randolph Bunn. He also happens to be the great-uncle of the child who fired the gun.

Goldsboro police said charges against the 12-year-old are not anticipated but the investigation is ongoing.

[joan1984]

https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/man-shot-by-69-year-old-conceal-carry-holder-after-attempted-robbery-3-arrested/

Man shot by 69-year-old
conceal carry holder after
attempted robbery, 3 arrested
CHICAGO CRIME
by: WGN Web Desk

Posted: Mar 10, 2021 / 05:16 AM CST / Updated: Mar 10, 2021 / 05:20 AM CST
CHICAGO — A 69-year-old concealed carry holder shot one of three men who tried to rob him.

Police said the man was on the 10600 block of South Leavitt Street around 10:35 p.m. Tuesday when three men approached him and demanded his belongings. The 69-year-old, who is a licensed concealed carry holder, took out his gun and shot one of the suspects in the knee.

The three men fled the scene in a red Ford Fusion which later crashed on the 8700 block of South Vincennes Street. The three men then fled on foot and were apprehended by police shortly after.

All three were taken into custody.

The incident is under investigation.

[Airplane]

lock and load, deer slugs far better choice

[Lois]

[Jed_]

A demonstration that might have actually worked from a ‘scared straight’  educational strategy.

[Lois]

A good guy with a gun only has the potential of working out if they are anticipating the bad guy with a gun.  But most of those that get shot are not anticipating someone shooting them, but busy with their work or whatever else they are doing.  The evening of April 15 shows why this good guy with a gun thing does not work, because even if you are a good guy without a gun such a person would have fled rather that get shot down.

The victims are:

32-year-old Matthew R Alexander
19-year-old Samaria Blackwell
66-year-old Amarjeet Johal
64-year-old Jaswinder Kaur
68-year-old Jaswinder Singh
48-year-old Amarjit Sekhon
19-year-old Karlie Smith
74-year-old John Weisert

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The ATF has arrested a local woman for being a "straw" buyer, someone who buys guns to then sell illegally.
 Just last month Sara Elwood purchased 47 firearms. Three of these have already been recovered by authorities when they were used in crimes.

The 33 year old woman has been living in her car since she lost her job. She admits to making $100 profit from each sale.  There are at least four more individuals under investigation for also being straw buyers.

This year in our metro area has seen a sharp increase in gun violence. Just recently three young children were hit by stray bullets, two of them dying from their injuries.

https://www.startribune.com/she-bought-47-guns-last-month-police-are-already-finding-them-in-shooting-investigations/600067591/

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Austin mass shooting: 1 dead, 13 hurt, 1 of 2 suspects at large, police say.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-people-injured-overnight-shooting-texas/story?id=78236774

[Lois]

Colorado man who intervened after ambush on officer was fatally shot by police
John Hurley confronted and shot a man who killed a police officer in an ambush. Hurley was holding the gunman's AR-15 when a responding officer shot him, police said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-man-who-intervened-after-ambush-officer-was-fatally-shot-n1272441

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[Colin Piper]

I'm not going to read the whole 50+ pages of discussion so probably what I'm about to say has been covered countless times before, but anyway...

From an outside the US perspective, I and probably lots of people like me we wonder why so many people there feel the need to carry guns and have them in their homes. Your constitution says so, sure, but these are not colonial days. The reason so many people get shot there compared to anywhere else is because guns are so freely available. It's that simple. Now, what are the chances that a stranger will break into your home or property with the express intention of doing you or someone in your family harm? The reality is, it's not that likely. The main reason someone will break into your home is to steal, and given a choice they'd rather no one is at home at the time. Gun ownership is driven by the gun lobby and the bogey man mentality - this irrational (it really is) fear that your family could be violated in the nighttime so you'd better sleep with a gun under your pillow or beside your bed. Real life is not as dangerous as it's made out to be by those who want to sell you guns. If you live in an area where guys with guns breaking into homes is a real possibility, see the gun control argument below.

If there was gun control there would be fewer bad guys with guns. What's better - arm everyone, or disarm everyone?

As for hunting/recreation, I guess that's okay as long as guns are stored safely. I'm not completely removed from this world BTW, as a child I could take apart, clean and reassemble shotguns and rifles pretty quickly, as from my dad's perspective, it was good that we were comfortable handling guns, and NEVER point them at anyone. That didn't stop me from getting my cousin on the floor one day and putting the barrel against his head. But the gun wasn't loaded and I'd just give him a scare by pulling the trigger and let him hear the click, just for a laugh. For whatever reason I didn't pull the trigger, then I checked the chamber... yes, if I'd pulled the trigger I would have blown his head apart. I can attest, having a gun in your house means the people in your house are at greater risk of getting shot by someone who lives in the home than an outsider.

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17 pages. I agree with virtually everything you’ve said. I used to own a number of guns. I used to hunt on a regular basis. Then I became a parent, and I got rid of the guns in the house. Have not owned one for more than 20 years. Haven’t had to defend myself once in that time. We don’t even lock the doors at night, for the most part. So yeah. I’ve never understood it. I never will.

[purpleshoes]

Have not owned one for more than 20 years.

Is that even legal in Texas? 

[staci]

"If there was gun control there would be fewer bad guys with guns. What's better - arm everyone, or disarm everyone?"


WOO

[Clitical Thinking]

"If there was gun control there would be fewer bad guys with guns. What's better - arm everyone, or disarm everyone?"


WOO

Plenty of people fantasize that if you were to arm everyone, then crime would virtually disappear, because the bad guys with guns would have to worry about being surrounded by good guys with guns. Almost like a Mutually Assured Destruction scenario, where nobody wants to pull a gun because then everybody will pull a gun.

Of course, the fantasy ignores the fact that the majority of people are never going to walk around armed, that many of the good guys with guns are only armed to defend themselves and not to go out of their way to stop bad guys with guns, and that the more people are armed the more difficult it becomes to distinguish the criminal that started shooting and the good guys with guns that are returning fire.

[Shiela_M]

"If there was gun control there would be fewer bad guys with guns. What's better - arm everyone, or disarm everyone?"


WOO

Wish that were true, and I do believe that stricter laws would make it more difficult for people to get guns, I fear it won't stop them.  Chicago is a prime example.  They have the strictest gun control laws in the states, and that city is near the top for gun violence.

Drugs and guns. If criminals want it, they'll figure out a way to get it.