Difference between revisions of "Mass shootings prevented by armed citizens"
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|A student came on campus armed with a gun. Assistant principal Joel Myrick, also with a gun, prevented the student from going on a Columbine-style rampage.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/170254/how-assistant-principal-gun-stopped-school-shooter-daniel-greenfield How an Assistant Principal With a Gun Stopped a School Shooter]</ref> | |A student came on campus armed with a gun. Assistant principal Joel Myrick, also with a gun, prevented the student from going on a Columbine-style rampage.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/170254/how-assistant-principal-gun-stopped-school-shooter-daniel-greenfield How an Assistant Principal With a Gun Stopped a School Shooter]</ref> | ||
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| + | |A man opened fire in a barber shop. Another person, who was a legal gun permit carrier,<ref>[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Man-Shot-in-the-Chest-Inside-West-Philly-Barbershop-297176271.html Gunman Shot, Killed Inside West Philly Barbershop]</ref> shot and killed the shooter saving a lot of people's lives, according to the Police Captain. | ||
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| − | |An Uber driver was waiting for pedestrians to cross the street when a | + | |An Uber driver was waiting for pedestrians to cross the street when a man began firing into the crowd.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/21/uber-bans-guns-after-driver-uses-one-to-stop-attempted-mass-shooting/ Uber Bans Guns After Driver Uses One to Stop Attempted Mass Shooting]</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:21, April 26, 2016
Every year, mass shootings are prevented by armed citizens, and these stories go with very little reporting, or completely un-reported altogether.
| Year | Name(s) | Details |
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| 1997 | Joel Myrick, Luke Woodham | A student came on campus armed with a gun. Assistant principal Joel Myrick, also with a gun, prevented the student from going on a Columbine-style rampage.[1] |
| 2015 | Not released | A man opened fire in a barber shop. Another person, who was a legal gun permit carrier,[2] shot and killed the shooter saving a lot of people's lives, according to the Police Captain. |
| 2016 | James Howard | Gun shop owner refused to sell a gun to a customer, even though he passed a background check.[3] |
| 2016 | Everardo Custodio | An Uber driver was waiting for pedestrians to cross the street when a man began firing into the crowd.[4] |