When was the last time a "good guy" with a gun stopped a mass shooting?

even if it's only 24 (and it's not), that's approx 1000% more defensive uses than mass shootings/year..

classis example of liberal bed wetter 'logic'. Just amazingly stupid, but unfortunately very common.

if good guys with guns don't help, what's the point of calling the cops to stop a mass shooting?

are you familiar with google search function? I don't understand why morons would axe a question & presume the wrong answer, when correct & accurate data is so easily available.

•1997

Luke Woodham slit’s his mother’s throat and entered Pearl High School in Mississippi with a rifle. 3 dead and 7 injured total. As he fled the scene he was confronted by vice principal Joel Myrick who had retrieved a handgun from his trunk, and was roaming the school looking for the killer. Myrick apprehended Luke without firing and held him until authorities arrived. Investigators later learned that Luke intended to go to Pearl Middle School next.

It hasn't. Here's why; Mass shootings are planned to be performed with a surprise attack on un-armed people.

By the time the so-called "good guy(s)" show up, the majority of killings are over.

In Sandy Hook, the shooter shot out the glass door, made alot of noise, and still had over 20 minutes of freelance shooting

CHRIS MATTHEWS wrote:

if good guys with guns don't help, what's the point of calling the cops to stop a mass shooting?

You cannot possibly be that stupid.

Huh?? wrote:

CHRIS MATTHEWS wrote:

if good guys with guns don't help, what's the point of calling the cops to stop a mass shooting?

You cannot possibly be that stupid.

He's a troll. Same poster who has gone by "POMPATUS OF LOVE" and "DWIGHT SCHRUTE" among others. Ignore him.

Somo wrote:

When was the last time a mass shooting took place where good guys were allowed to carry guns? You don't see armed shooters trying such things at gun conventions or even the Home Depot.

Do you mean somewhere like an ARMY BASE!? How many good guys with guns are there?

Can we all agree that if you keep guns in your home:

1. There is a small chance that yes, you will be able to fend off a home invasion

2. There is a far greater chance, statistically speaking, that you will be come the victim of gun violence

Can we also all agree that:

1. If more good guys with guns were walking the street that there is a slightly increased chance that someone would be able to stop a mass killing

AND

2. That said good guy with gun would have a far greater chance of accidentally hurting himself or someone else? Really, cops are armed all the time. How many of them are killed in the line of duty? How many accidentally kill innocent or unarmed people? What is the ratio for police killing bad guys : Police killing an innocent.

you're right - an unarmed school marm (marm?) should just stand there & take the doube tap. That's much better than running the risk of someone getting hurt in a mass shooting.

Never bring a gun to a mass shooting. A whistle and an orange safety vest are much more appropriate items to have on your person.

And do not call the po-po! They'll just send a bunch of guys armed with guns. Way too dangerous!

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Wyatt Earp his brothers and Doc Holliday at the OK Corral.

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The reason you never hear about armed "good guys" stopping "mass murders" while they were in progress because the would-be assailants were deterred from attempting them in the first place knowing that their would-be victims were armed. Mass murderers only attempt their crimes if they expect their victims to be helpless. When's the last time someone tried to shoot up a police station or shooting range?

•1998

Andrew Wurst takes a pistol to a middle school dance, killing a teacher and wounding 3 others. James Strand, a local merchant, apprehended Andrew with a shotgun without firing and held him until authorities arrived.

•2002

Peter Odighizuwa takes a semiautomatic handgun to Appalacian Law School in Grundy Virginia. He kills 3 and injures 3, starting with the dean. Three students, Mikael Gross, Ted Besen, and Tracy Bridges, all retrieved handguns from their cars and apprehended him without firing.

Nope, I struck out with Japan - a culture that respects authority to a degree Americans would be very uncomfortable with & that doesn't have Miranda rights or jury trials for their 99.5% violent crime conviction rate. There is basically no crime at all in Japan. Robberies, rapes, shoplifting, home invasions, etc. are very rare.

Of course this must obviously be because they're unarmed, not because of their culture.

That's why Chicago & DC are such peaceful, non-violent cities too. Both have very strict gun laws.

You should be on talk radio, Wigand-san. Brilliant stuff.

Look, do you have any clue what happened at Columbine? You obviously do not. The armed security guard basically pussed out & chose not to confront the shooters. How is it then logical to use Columbine as an example to prove your point?? I guess we should also do away with arming cops, since somewhere along the way I imagine there has been a cop that has pussed out rather than confront a bad guy?

It's one thing to choose not to enter a room where shooters are executing people, as was happening in the Columbine library. Quite another to be in your room with responsibility & an earnest desire to protect your students when some punk walks in & starts shooting. Almost anyone would give anything at all in that situation to get their hands on a gun, just to have a shot at survival.

Read your 3 examples 3 times. Have absolutely no clue what it is you're attempting to say.

you are kidding, right bro'? You still believe borrowing $6T+ in 4 years was a bonafide solid plan to rescue the economy? You're not the sharpest knife, huh Wigand-san?

I keep asking you liberals where the money went. Where is it? What was it used for? We're not talking a mere few billion $$ here. Where's the $$?? Where specifically was it spent? Who has it? What do we have to show for it, specifically?

The shootings in Springfield OR some 15 years ago was stopped in part by a high school student who relied on his knowledge of guns.

The shooter was Kip Kinkel. The story was he went into his high school cafeteria and started shooting. Some other students grabbed him and one of them thought to reach for the gun and turn the safety clip on so the gun couldn't fire. Its not clear if that would have saved any lives anyway, and its not an example of someone using their own gun. But the knowledge of guns helped.