Thread about how sometimes guns help.

[BrianFromWA]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Breakup-sparked-theater-shootout-4123414.php

A recent breakup set off a shooting spree that ended with a man wounded at a South Side movie theater before the suspect was shot by an off-duty deputy, authorities said Monday.
...
Garcia was already outside the China Garden firing a Glock 23 at the front door about 9:25 p.m.
Garcia went inside, chased people out the back door, and followed one employee as he ran toward the theater, apparently because he was the easiest target, Pollard said.
“He was chasing him, shooting in the air and at other cars,” Pollard said.
He said that when a San Antonio police officer heard the gunshots and pulled into the theater's parking lot, Garcia shot out his patrol car's windshield.
Garcia then pursued the employee into the theater, firing more shots when he reached the lobby, Pollard said.
One of the shots struck a patron in the back, but the bullet did not strike any vital organs and the man was released from San Antonio Military Medical Center later Sunday night.
Bexar County sheriff's Sgt. Lisa Castellano, who was working off-duty as a security guard at the Mayan Palace, chased the gunman toward the back of the theater. The 13-year department veteran cornered him after he ran into a men's restroom, shooting him several times and taking his gun, Pollard said.
Armando Olguin, an off-duty San Antonio Independent School District police officer, restrained him using the sergeant's handcuffs, Pollard said.


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For reference, this is a Glock 23.

 

[bluefrog]

Guns don't help people. People help people.

 

[jlprk]

I didn't read the article, but all your excerpt says is that 2 off-duty police used their guns. How is this related to regular people carrying guns?

Edit: One used her gun and one just restrained him.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

No shit sometimes guns help

 

[RR7]

So a security guard did his job. that's good.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

So how did the fact that the perp had a gun help?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Guns don't help people. People help people.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Gun used to end bullying!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Gun used to end bullying!

Yeah, that's a smart thing to do.

 

[MARIS61]

I didn't read the article, but all your excerpt says is that 2 off-duty police used their guns. How is this related to regular people carrying guns?

Edit: One used her gun and one just restrained him.

"Off duty" is regular people. They were not functioning as police-people, but rather in the same capacity as any "regular" person after work hours. Any armed citizen could and likely would do the same.

 

[RR7]

"Off duty" is regular people. They were not functioning as police-people, but rather in the same capacity as any "regular" person after work hours. Any armed citizen could and likely would do the same.

nope. he was working, while off-duty, as a security guard.

 

[MARIS61]

nope. he was working, while off-duty, as a security guard.

Security guards are regular people.

 

[RR7]

Security guards are regular people.

so are cops. He wasn't just a movie goer. i dunno why I'm responding to you actually, nevermind, carry on.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Are all these threads really necessary? Heaven forbid we have a poor opinion on firearms, their feelings might get hurt.

 

[Haakzilla]

...here's a hot one! Damn those kids with guns?

14-year-old Phoenix boy shoots armed intruder while babysitting siblings

On Friday, a 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot and nearly killed an armed intruder, My Fox Phoenix reported Friday.

The unidentified boy was babysitting his three younger siblings, ages 8, 10 and 12, when a woman rang the doorbell.

The young man did not open the door because he did not recognize the woman.

According to reports, the knocking turned into banging, and the boy rushed his siblings upstairs and grabbed his father’s handgun.

While at the top of the stairs, he saw an armed man break into the house through the front door.

Without hesitating, he fired at the intruder, wounding him. According to authorities, the intruder never fired a shot.

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[Denny Crane]

Just like Duke Nukem!