Bubbles
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Apparently as soon as Meli's attorney ok's it he's going to give a full story of what happened to his local paper.
That is what suicide bombers believe they are doingMachIVshooter said:Risking your life or dying trying to help/protect other people is brave; Embarking on a heinous mission to harm others and accepting that your death is an eventuality of the situation is just conviction.
Yet that will never make the news...
These gutless crows typically quit whenever they're presented with a threat.
It amazes me that if one cop shoots an armed citizen, and all we have is the cop's testimony, so many gun owners are so quick to call the cop a liar and yell "cover up!" Here we have one man's uncorroborated testimony about something that happened, and so many gun owners are willing to proclaim it as the gospel truth.
So what if his attorney tells him it is OK to go to the press with his "entire" story.... unless the "entire" story has some element that proves it is true, it is still just an uncorroborated story.
Columbine and VT were attacks by students of the school. The Ft Hood shooter attacked his workplace. Spree killers make their choices based on the targets of their animosity.These people plan on dying but they are also not looking for a fight. The fact that they shoot up schools and shopping malls rather than gun shops or police stations should be proof enough of that. They are looking to inflict as much pain as possible on others before ending their own lives. The less threatening their targets, the better.
That is what suicide bombers believe they are doing
According to Meli, the shooter saw him with his pistol, and killed himself afterwards.
An armed individual who refuses to fire...
That's not what the studies show.
800,000 to 1,300,000 times a year, depending upon study, someone uses a firearm to stop a violent attack. Under 30,000 people are killed by firearms every year. Simple math shows that a firearm is roughly 40 times more likely to stop a violent attack than be used to kill.
Sounds like a lot of people are using firearms without having to pull the trigger to stop attacks and Mr. Meli appears to be one of them.
Knowing he had an armed person in the mall and that this was no longer his gun-free zone, the gunman avoided the Macy's Home Store and ended his rampage by fleeing to a service corridor and into the stairwell to the lower level.
And those guys did interviews with Nick and two other people who were there.
This is the report we should be spreading to get all the facts out and show people what a single concealed carrier can do.
Casey's answer? "He works for a security company. He's one of the good guys".
I think I'll have to disagree with this...based on having spent 28 years in LE and having drawn my sidearm numerous times every evening without ever having to fire a shot.An armed individual who refuses to fire is no threat to anyone.
One must realize there is a huge difference between the person who REFUSES to fire, and the person who CHOOSES not to fire under certain circumstances. And when you are looking down the barrel of the gun, without being a mind reader it is very difficult to determine if the person behind the trigger is one who won't fire no matter what, or one who is waiting for the right circumstances to fire.An armed individual who refuses to fire is no threat to anyone.