CNN hates to do it, but they have no choice!

[.455_Hunter]

From CNN.com.....

Guard who killed gunman was volunteer from congregation

A New Life parishioner acting as a security guard shot and killed the gunman who entered the church Sunday afternoon after he had gotten no more than 50 feet inside the building, Boyd said.

"She probably saved over a hundred lives," Boyd said of the guard, whom he said is not a law enforcement officer and used her personal weapon.

This is the last thing the gun control zealots want the public to hear.

 

[Cosmoline]

So why was she even considered a "security guard"?

 

[Beatnik]

It already came out that Boyd and said guard had an agreement for her to guard the place gratis.

 

[Fish Miner]

They have to use Security Guard so the rest of America does not see a need for personal protection. I'll bet she was an older church lady that never thought of her self as a Security Guard. Just a good Sam in the right place with the right frame of mind.

 

[Black Adder LXX]

Yeah, if she was acting as a security guard she would have hidden and called the cops. Glad there's some real people left in this country. Hats off to this hero...

 

[feedthehogs]

I can see a whole new line of skits with Dana Carvey/church chat.

Well isn't that special.................

 

[Prince Yamato]

I think I'm going to cry... holy crap this makes my week.

 

[Eagle103]

Our MN leftist newspaper says security was "beefed up" in the hours following the Arvada shooting. A volunteer lady from the church using her CCW doesn't fit this description very well IMO. Hopefully this beefy hero will make her rounds in the media at some point.

 

[BobbyQuickdraw]

They should just report it the way it really is - a regular woman with a CCW permit and a good aim stepped up to the plate to guard her fellows, at great risk to herself.

No pay. No security guard background. Just a woman and a tool that saved lives.

 

[jakemccoy]

Wow, she's amazing. I'd give good money to talk to her personally. She's an inspiration.

 

[stevereno1]

Here in Georgia, CCW holders are forbidden by law to carry in a church. I may have to write my congressman.

 

[30 cal slob]

I will say a prayer for the innocent victims. I cannot imagine losing two young daughters to some creepy freak.

I will also say a prayer for that very brave woman who stopped the perp. What she went through can't be easy to be at peace with and relive, especially so close to the holidays (and at church to boot). I hope she is strong enough to remember that at the end of the day...she did good.

 

[RNB65]

So why was she even considered a "security guard"?

I don't think she was a random CCW holder who happened to be in the right place at the right time. I'm gathering that the church had some type of action plan in place in which church volunteers agreed to act as security guards when needed. They activated the plan after the other shooting earlier in the day. CNN is reporting that there were three of these volunteer guards in the church at the time of the shooting but only one of them was armed.

 

[Pete409]

I don't imagine that volunteer security lady will have any trouble sleeping at all..... once the excitement wears off. If she has any doubts at all about taking a life, those doubts will be quashed in an instant by the thought of the number of lives she saved.

This reminds me of an instance of quite a few years ago when a security guard (or perhaps it may have been a LEO) who had to shoot someone in the line of duty. Clearly the perp needed to be shot.

The day following the shooting incident, the guard/LEO attended and participated in a shooting match (contest) of some kind. When someone asked him how he could even handle a gun, much less fire one, the day after he had killed someone, he replied "Very easy. Yesterday, I did what I had to do. Besides, this shooting match is something I had planned to attend for several months now, and I'm not going to let some perp change my plans. Also, it takes my mind off what happened yesterday. "

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

It will be interesting to see if she makes it on Larry King or Greta van Susteren. My bet is NOT though...doesn't fit the script.

 

[charon]

It will be interesting to see just how this plays out in the media. USUALLY, the media is looking for human interest stories. Consider the Marine that helped at ground zero and then melted away afterward. After the story came out he received plenty of coverage and even ended up on Extreme Home Makeover.

Here, you have a citizen volunteer stepping up to take personal responsibility for her safety and that of the congregation. Using, successfully and proactively, her right to keep and bear arms. Illustrating, at least in this case, a major pro CCW argument. And, at stark contrast to the mall shooting's gun free zone.

The media will cover it, but IMO we not likely see Security Guard replaced by Security Volunteer all that often. Technically they can use the guard term and not be formally dishonest. And, there will likely be few personal feature pieces on her as the story rather quickly slips from the news cycle. Even though the human interest angle is plenty strong and far stronger than if she had been a formal armed guard or police officer doing their paid jobs.

I may be wrong, since there does seem to be a few cracks in the 2nd Amendment ice even in some very unlikely media outlets. If this actually went down as represented, the coverage of her involvement will really be telling as to just how deep those cracks actually are in the anti-2nd media bias.

 

[tuckerdog1]

I heard on the radio earlier, that she may have had some previous LE background. But no details what that meant.

Tuckerdog1

 

[chadwickms]

We, also, are not allowed to carry in churches (Mississippi). My state representative won't return my call or emails, so I'm thinking I may just have to run for office myself!

 

[charon]

It will be interesting to see if she makes it on Larry King or Greta van Susteren. My bet is NOT though...doesn't fit the script.

Not to mention Nancy (firearm ownership is evil) Grace

Charon

 

[bogie]

Don't these people know that he should have just taken it away from her?

(grin...)

Just wondering - what is this church, and why did the guy go nutso? Why'd they need a security guard plan in the first place?

 

[BobbyQuickdraw]

Volunteering to be someone ready to act doesn't make you a security guard. And actually if that's the story they go with, she could get in trouble for not being a licensed guard.

What happened here was tantamount to someone saying "Hey, if some nutjob busts in here, what do we do?" an she said "I'll carry my gun and shoot him."

That does not make you a security guard. Under that logic, we're all security guards of our own homes.

 

[USAFNoDAk]

I wonder if this is her prayer before she goes on duty.

Before I stand to guard his pad,
I pray to God my aim ain't bad.
If I should fire before I aim,
I darn sure hope the perp to maim.

 

[RNB65]

Under that logic, we're all security guards of our own homes.

We are.
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[zxcvbob]

What happened here was tantamount to someone saying "Hey, if some nutjob busts in here, what do we do?" an she said "I'll carry my gun and shoot him." That does not make you a security guard. Under that logic, we're all security guards of our own homes.

I don't know about Colorado law; maybe churches are a prohibited place and they have to spin it as "private security guard" to keep our hero out of legal trouble.

 

[USAFNoDAk]

It will be interesting to see if she makes it on Larry King or Greta van Susteren. My bet is NOT though...doesn't fit the script.


"Hannity and Colmes" or "The O'Reilly Factor" might be a safe bet for her appearance in the very near future.