Armed Citizen stops mass shooting (ignored by media)

I remember very clearly when at least some of the news media decided in 1968 that they would no longer report favorably on armed citizens using guns to defend themselves or others. This isn't a conspiracy theory. The 11 pm news anchor (Bob Regan) at KFMB CBS channel 8 in San Diego, resigned in protest of the editorial censorship, and wouldn't co-operate with it. The media decision was a reaction to the Robert Kennedy assassination in June of that year.

The beat goes on...

Pavel Mosko said:

I was watching Tim Pool and reported this story and also how the media is deliberately ignoring it. This is something I would probably like to have put in the Christian current events, but the fact it is largely ignored conflicts with the board requirement of having vetted News Source links.


Armed Citizen Uses Rifle To Stop Attempted Mass Shooting

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From bearingarms.com, your friendly pro-gun news source. Not a big surprise that the board requiring vetted news source links would pan this one.

This has no relation to this "General Politics" subforum. Nice try putting it here where it doesn't belong.

pescador said:

From bearingarms.com, your friendly pro-gun news source.

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Right on! Makes sense they would cover it. Glad someone is.

...did you check to see if it was being "ignored by the media" or did you just accept the claim being made by the "Bearing Arms" site?
tulc(is just curious)

Of course! Doing a Google search for the terms you can find "proof" of many things the regular media missed. Did you also search for the UFOs carrying aliens to infect the minds of the NRA and their supporters?

pescador said:

Of course! Doing a Google search for the terms you can find "proof" of many things the regular media missed. Did you also search for the UFOs carrying aliens to infect the minds of the NRA and their supporters?

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Actually, doing a Google search for terms often leads exactly to where utterly left-wing Google wants you to go…especially if it has anything to do with Covid-19 or politics.

So, what does this have to do with the topic of the thread?!

Darkhorse said:

So, what does this have to do with the topic of the thread?!

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Apparently repeating the same lie enough times takes on a life of its own - even when its demonstrated that its chief spokesman steadfastly refuses to practice what he preaches!

If access to private gun ownership served as an effective deterrent to crime, why hasn't America emerged as the safest nation on the globe?

GOD Shines Forth! said:

Actually, doing a Google search for terms often leads exactly to where utterly left-wing Google wants you to go…especially if it has anything to do with Covid-19 or politics.

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So you found your pro-gun "information" on "utterly left-wing Google"? And you expect people to take you seriously?

pescador said:

So you found your pro-gun "information" on "utterly left-wing Google"? And you expect people to take you seriously?

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The currently mainstream media outlets should never be above criticism BUT they are also far preferable to that which their "right-wing" counterparts are promoting - conspiracy theories and an endless stream of grievances with little regard for the facts!

Those who stormed Capitol Hill on January 6th were intent on preventing Congress from performing its constitutional duty of certifying the 2020 Election results - they and the President were only interested in promoting their own narrow agenda, with no second thoughts when it came to the democrat rights of the majority!

Pavel Mosko said:

I was watching Tim Pool and reported this story and also how the media is deliberately ignoring it. This is something I would probably like to have put in the Christian current events, but the fact it is largely ignored conflicts with the board requirement of having vetted News Source links.


Armed Citizen Uses Rifle To Stop Attempted Mass Shooting

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It shows that you don't need an assault weapon to defend yourself.

jgarden said:

If access to private gun ownership served as an effective deterrent to crime, why hasn't America emerged as the safest nation on the globe?

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There are many restraints to gun ownership in various parts of the country. Anti-2nd amendment DA's can discourage lawful use of a firearm "as an effective deterrent to crime" by going after the law abiding person and making them spend a small fortune defending themselves against a murder (over) charge.

hmmm...would the Washington Post be considered mainstream? Because I see they did a story about it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...5d5e8e-b679-11eb-bc4a-62849cf6cca9_story.html
I see the Daily Mail did an article about it:
Arkansas man ends shooting spree that left 87-year-old woman dead after grabbing his own rifle | Daily Mail Online
I see there were at least 4 clips from various television outlets who covered it.
tulc(is curious if those would be considered "mainstream media?)

GOD Shines Forth! said:

There are many restraints to gun ownership in various parts of the country. Anti-2nd amendment DA's can discourage lawful use of a firearm "as an effective deterrent to crime" by going after the law abiding person and making them spend a small fortune defending themselves against a murder (over) charge.

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Detroit, notorious for its high crime rate and gun-related violence, is less than a mile across the Detroit River that serves as the international border separating it from its Canadian counterpart - Windsor!

As Windsor, with its stricter Canadian firearms legislation, went 26 months without a homicide, Detroit averages one or two daily - apparently the lack of handguns and assault rifles in Canadian society serves as the most greatest deterrent to fun related violence!

jgarden said:

Apparently repeating the same lie enough times takes on a life of its own - even when its demonstrated that its chief spokesman steadfastly refuses to practice what he preaches!

If access to private gun ownership served as an effective deterrent to crime, why hasn't America emerged as the safest nation on the globe?

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You are assuming that, without guns, there would be no guns used in crime in the USA.

That would be somewhat true under a strict totalitarian rule, but some guns would continue to be made or smuggled in, and they would be in the hands of criminals, so gun-related crimes would still occur.. More importantly, the Constitution does not allow, and the people do not want, that kind of totalitarianism here!

Access to private gun ownership is an effective deterrent to crime because there are more "good guys" than "bad guys". The problem arises when violent criminals are not effectively dealt with either by the law-enforcement system or by the majority of law-abiding citizens!

Stopping a violent crime in progress is the best deterrent!

Apparently the majority of Americans are not of the opinion that "the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun!"