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Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: Steve in Sunny Fla on December 16, 2012, 07:26:52 PM
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http://www.kgw.com/news/Clackamas-man-armed-confronts-mall-shooter-183593571.html (http://www.kgw.com/news/Clackamas-man-armed-confronts-mall-shooter-183593571.html)
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Yup. Good chance the shooter would have kept on going, if He hadn't been confronted. Glad the Young man didn't have to take the shot. Wish the dirtbag coward had offed himself first.
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The media is kinda funny that way, just think if the shooter didn't see a barrel pointing at him, he might of emptied a few clips before eating one himself..
Good post, and glad that a news team had the guts to air this story. If more citizens kept their composure and level head thought process, as this young
man did, this country could be better off.
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I saw that story when it aired locally here (I watch KGW news, as I consider them one of the best). I've always thought we should encourage concealed carry permits, and encourage or require additional training for people that may find themselves in situations like that. I believe it would reduce the body count in the long run.
Just think if 1 in 10, or even 1 in 20 had a concealed weapon and was properly trained on it's use in public shooting situations. In a crowd of 300+ (like the Colorado theater), or a mall with 10,000+ (Clackamas Town Center), look at how many people these nut jobs would have to face that could be shooting back. That would be a serious deterrent to future would be copy cats.
I would even go so far as requiring 1 or 2 anonymous people in each school (teacher, principle, or other faculty member), for places that don't have on campus security. The eye witness reports from the Connecticut school shooting said they heard gun shots for over ten minutes. In that amount of time, if someone were on campus and armed, they could have intervened.
Limiting clip sizes, or banning types of weapons is not a solution. It only takes a couple seconds to pop in a new clip. When no one is threatening them, they have all the time in the world.
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I sent this email to all three of our local major TV stations regarding this:
http://www.examiner.com/article/media-blackout-oregon-mall-shooter-was-stopped-by-an-armed-citizen
Why is it that the television news media doesn't report ALL the news, including how this action by a legally armed civilian affected the outcome of the mall shootings in Oregon??
This man's actions probably saved many lives, but none of the TV stations reported on it. Why is that? Why do you always slant your coverage to support your own anti-self-defense agenda? Why is news that you don't think is in line with your own views buried so people don't see it? I guess it's true when they say, "Journalism ain't what it used to was."