Civilians Stop Mass Murder- the real news you didn’t see

priell3

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I research news stories of civilian self-defense. These events receive relatively little media coverage. We had some significant cases in just the last few weeks. I’ll give you the details, but first let me explain why these stories are important.

Timeline- There are about 20 million citizens licensed to carry a concealed weapon in public. Per person, there are more armed civilians in states like Indiana and Alabama than in states like New Jersey and California. On average, an armed civilian is much closer to you than the police. That matters when time is critical. Seconds count during an attack.

Violent assaults come as a surprise.
“Bang.” What was that? Was it a gunshot?
“Bang” That guy is shooting people. What should I do?

Most people run. Some armed defenders will move toward the gunfire and stop the attacks. That is what good guys do.

If you are a disarmed civilian then you run until you feel safe. A few minutes later once you’ve regained your wits, you remember to call the police. The average police response time is twelve and a half minutes starting from when they receive the phone call. The murderer may shoot at will until he is confronted. The police may, or may not, advance on an armed gunman. On average, there are an additional 12 victims if we wait for the police to arrive. The cops I’ve met would do anything to stop the attack.

Think of the victims we don’t see. If there is an armed civilian responder on the scene, then think of the dozen people who were saved and who never make the news. The victims that never happened make these extraordinary stories.

Why didn’t you know about the dozen people who are saved?

The news media isn’t in the business of telling us about what didn’t happen. The media is biased to sell fear and outrage. They sell emotion, not information. If you doubt that claim then please consider this.

Which is a more important for you to know, the news story with many people shot..or the story with many people saved? Which will receive days of attention and which will receive a few seconds of coverage?

The bias is well know. “If it bleeds, it leads.”

There is also a second type of subtle bias at play. I know several recent instances when there were several independent civilian defenders who responded to the same violent attack. Each defender acted alone. They all moved towards the sounds of screams and gunfire. One of these defenders shot first as they all converged on the attacker. In that moment, the other defenders become invisible to the news media.

In fact, these armed defenders are out there with us all the time. They are concealed rather than invisible. Here are the two of the recent events where multiple “invisible” armed civilians stopped an armed murderer.

Louie’s Grill & Bar, Lake Hefner, Oklahoma City, OK- At the end of May, a mentally ill man walked into a lakeside restaurant. He complained of hearing demons in his TV and from his computer. The murderer walked inside the lakeside restaurant and shot three strangers, a mother and her two young daughters. Patrons ran and hid. The restaurant is posted as a “gun-free” zone so there were no armed defenders inside. Two of our invisible defenders ran to their cars and got their guns. They followed the attacker through the restaurant and shot him. The defenders did not shoot each other.

Walmart store, Tumwater, WA- In the middle of June, an armed criminal carjacked a 16 year old girl. Some news reports describe the young woman as having been shot while other reports say she suffered only minor injuries. The criminal drove the stolen car to a nearby Walmart. He walked inside the store and shot a display case several times. The shoppers fled from the store and ran into the parking lot. The criminal carjacked a second person outside the store. This time, we know the criminal shot the owner of the car. News reports say that armed civilians converged on the criminal and shot him. Conflicting reports credit two defenders while some reports indicate there were as many as three armed defenders. Later news reports confirm that one of the armed defenders got a medical kit from his car and applied first aid to the seriously wounded victim of the carjacking. The victim survived the attack.

One of the armed defenders happened to be in the store parking lot with his family. There was no indication that trouble was on the way. Like many other examples, this looked like an ordinary afternoon, yet these defenders chose to go armed. As a result, they saved many innocent lives.

You could do that too.

I thank those of you who carry concealed. You may be invisible to the media, but you made a visible difference here.

https://slowfacts.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/civilians-stop-mass-murder-the-real-news-you-didnt-see/
 

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