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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], [[FrontPage Magazine]]</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], [[FrontPage Magazine]]</ref> | ||
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| + | |Jacob opened fire in an Oregon mall, killing two people. Nick Meli, who was also armed, brandished his pistol while taking cover. Nick did not risk firing due to a bystander behind the attacker. On seeing that Nick was armed, Jacob used his next shot to take his own life.<ref>https://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/12/18/oregon-mall-shooter-stopped-by-armed-citizen-new-world-order-media-censored-repeatedly-intentionally-the-second-amendment-in-action</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:07, May 8, 2017
Every year, mass shootings are prevented by armed citizens, and these stories go with very little reporting, or completely unreported altogether, with media bias being one of the reasons why.
This is an incomplete list of instances where mass shootings and loss of life have been prevented by armed, law-abiding citizens.
| Year | Name(s) | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 2002 | Jacob Tyler Roberts | Jacob opened fire in an Oregon mall, killing two people. Nick Meli, who was also armed, brandished his pistol while taking cover. Nick did not risk firing due to a bystander behind the attacker. On seeing that Nick was armed, Jacob used his next shot to take his own life.[2] |
| 2015 | Not released | A man opened fire in a barber shop. Another person, who was a legal gun permit carrier,[3] 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.[4] |
| 2016 | Everardo Custodio | An Uber driver was waiting for pedestrians to cross the street when a man began firing into the crowd.[5] |
| 2016 | Jody Ray Thompson | An irate man opened fire on patrons waiting to enter into the Playoffz nightclub. In self-defense, someone returned fire stopping the incident.[6] |
| 2016 | Cesar Perez, James Jones | Random patron armed with multiple weapons came in yelling incoherent and strange things, and fired on an employee. Another person on the scene with a concealed weapon took him down after he started shooting.[7][8] |
References
- ↑ How an Assistant Principal With a Gun Stopped a School Shooter, FrontPage Magazine
- ↑ https://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/12/18/oregon-mall-shooter-stopped-by-armed-citizen-new-world-order-media-censored-repeatedly-intentionally-the-second-amendment-in-action
- ↑ Gunman Shot, Killed Inside West Philly Barbershop
- ↑ Gun shop owner refuses to sell gun to eligible customer, possibly prevents mass shooting
- ↑ Uber Bans Guns After Driver Uses One to Stop Attempted Mass Shooting, Breitbart.com
- ↑ Concealed carrier takes down shooter at South Carolina nightclub, Washington Times
- ↑ Shooter acted strange before taking Arlington bar manager's life
- ↑ Good Guy With a Gun Heralded a Hero by Arlington Police, Patrons