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In reply to the discussion: Was the good guy with the gun really a good guy, or was this just another AR-15 murder spree? [View all]MarineCombatEngineer
(16,050 posts)55. Uhh, no, the hero didn't spray 20 some bullets, that was the asshole with the rifle,
quit spreading misinformation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/bystander-who-took-down-indianas-mall-shooter-praised-for-heroism-as-victims-are-identified/ar-AAZIJTk
The image provided on Monday, July 18, 2022 by the Greenwood Police Department shows Jonathan Sapirman, 20, who police say fatally shot two people, Sunday, after he opened fire with a rifle in a food court and before an armed civilian shot and killed him at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Ind.
He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun and was very proficient in that, very tactically sound. And as he moved to close in on the suspect, he was also motioning for people to exit behind him, Ison said, calling Dickens actions nothing short of heroic.
Sapirman was shot dead two minutes after he started firing. He got off 24 bullets out of the 100 rounds of ammunition he was carrying, police said.
I am 100% certain many, many more people wouldve died last night if it was not for his heroism, Ison told ABC News. The young man had his wits about him, acted very quickly.
He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun and was very proficient in that, very tactically sound. And as he moved to close in on the suspect, he was also motioning for people to exit behind him, Ison said, calling Dickens actions nothing short of heroic.
Sapirman was shot dead two minutes after he started firing. He got off 24 bullets out of the 100 rounds of ammunition he was carrying, police said.
I am 100% certain many, many more people wouldve died last night if it was not for his heroism, Ison told ABC News. The young man had his wits about him, acted very quickly.
If not for this hero, this would have been far, far worse.
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Was the good guy with the gun really a good guy, or was this just another AR-15 murder spree? [View all]
gulliver
Jul 2022
OP
I'm wary of the idea of a 22-year-old walking around in a mall with a concealed weapon.
gulliver
Jul 2022
#3
What? Accept victimhood ? To accept victimhood is to give up against pos with AR-15s
rockfordfile
Jul 2022
#15
Uhh, no, the hero didn't spray 20 some bullets, that was the asshole with the rifle,
MarineCombatEngineer
Jul 2022
#55
Yes. He will not be unaffected by this. The problem is the AR 15 not the guy with a handgun
Walleye
Jul 2022
#2
"This" shooter was stopped. He should have been stopped before he could be a shooter.
gulliver
Jul 2022
#12
The world you're calling "perfect" is much easier to get to than a good guy with a gun strategy...
gulliver
Jul 2022
#17
Well that isn't going to happen anytime soon. So I will take what I can get.
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#99
Right, and it's clear the context is that a failure to accept sensible gun control...
gulliver
Jul 2022
#27
Actually Bucky one person says it's like boats. Let the leaky boats sink while you find out why
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#68
That is basically it...the bodies would have advanced our cause...well not mine. That is some
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#64
I know right? Some seem to believe the more bodies the better and by stopping the shooting,
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#86
So hey some more dead...probably some of them kids Need to die for the greater good and they
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#67
You don't seem to care about the people who may have died without intervention...sad really.
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#96