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| Thread ID: 146450 | 2018-08-07 07:43:00 | This Just In: Good Guy With A Gun Story | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1452380 | 2018-08-07 07:43:00 | This just hit my IN BOX and I thought youse guys would like to see it . Florida armed bystander stops gunman at crowded back-to-school event at park, police say An armed bystander shot a man who opened fire at a Florida park filled with over 100 people -- including children -- for a Saturday back-to-school cookout, officials said . The Titusville Police Department said in a news release the man was involved in a fistfight with another person at the Issac Campbell Park and left around 5:20 p . m . -- only to return with a gun minutes later and start shooting . A bystander, who was lawfully licensed to carry a firearm, then shot the gunman . “We are extremely grateful that nobody else was injured in this incident,” Deputy Chief Todd Hutchinson said in a statement . “This suspect opened fire at a crowded public park . This could have been so much worse . ” The gunman, whose firearm was recovered at the scene, was airlifted to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries . No one else was injured during the shootout . “I was like, who lit firecrackers? I turned around and just said, ‘Oh no, he’s got a gun, he’s got a gun,’” Harvey told the newspaper . Harvey told the news outlet he was thankful the bystander was in the right place at the right time to quickly end what could have been an even worse situation . “This was standing your ground, in a situation like this with kids involved; not what you saw in Clearwater -- that was murder,” Harvey told Florida Today, referring to a controversial shooting last month over a handicapped parking space that's sparked protests . The bystander who shot the suspect waited for officers and has been fully cooperative with the investigation, police said . Neither the shooter nor the bystander have been identified . Matthews said no charges are expected to be filed against the bystander, as his actions were "within the law based on the preliminary investigation . " A DJ whose family organized the event at the park told Florida Today he was standing under a pavilion when he heard at least a dozen shots ring out . Dwight Harvey was streaming the event live on his Facebook page when the shooting started . Children and parents could be seen in the video going through supplies when the shots suddenly rang out, WFTV reported . And yet broadcast- and print-news publishers and the American Socialists' Party: The Democrats are all screaming that they want ALL guns removed from their state (Florida) . And I do NOT understand this next article, at all: REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER, NRA LOBBYIST CHALLENGE FLORIDA SHERIFF ON 'STAND YOUR GROUND' STANCE IN SHOOTING ( . foxnews . com/us/2018/07/30/republican-lawmaker-nra-lobbyist-challenge-florida-sheriff-on-stand-your-ground-stance-in-shooting . html" target="_blank">www . foxnews . com) |
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| 1452381 | 2018-08-07 10:42:00 | Of course in order for the "good guy with a gun" to do his thing, first you have a nutjob with a gun. I can see how this whole scenario is better if nobody had a gun personally. That horse has well and truly bolted of course and it's hard to imagine ever disarming the public now so just as well he was there and armed I guess. |
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| 1452382 | 2018-08-08 12:43:00 | Only a matter of time before trump pre-emptively lays land mines on a 500mm (18") grid in every public park, (operated by any TV) remote just in case nobody happens to have a gun handy. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1452383 | 2018-08-08 22:49:00 | Just makes you glad you don't live in gun crazy America. It seems as though shooting people at a school in America is a national pastime. At least that sort of happening is a rarity in our country where owning a gun is not the norm. Thank goodness for our restrictive gun laws. | Roscoe (6288) | ||
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