"In reality there were three shooters." Good guys with guns

[WOT?*]

www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/‘in-all-reality-there-were-three-shooters’-oklahomans-kill-an-active-shooter-and-it’s-not-as-simple-as-it-sounds/ar-AAA1hQP?ocid=spartanntp

Juan Carlos Nazario was sitting on a lakeside bench waiting to play soccer when he heard the staccato popping of gunshots outside Louie’s On the Lake, a popular waterfront grill and pub. He ran to his car to get his gun and moved toward the sounds.

Bryan Whittle was driving with his wife, heading off for a Memorial Day weekend getaway, when he saw a commotion outside Louie’s. He thought someone might be drowning, so instead of turning his truck onto the highway, he barreled into the parking lot to offer help. As he jumped out, what he learned stunned him: There was an active shooter just yards away, and wounded victims were holed up in the restaurant’s bathroom.

Whittle, too, grabbed his gun.

In a matter of seconds, the two armed citizens became self-appointed protectors, moving to take up positions around the shooter, drawing their weapons and shouting for him to drop his. Time stretched and warped. There was an exchange of gunfire. The gunman was hit several times and fell. As Nazario and Whittle converged over the man to restrain him, police arrived. Unsure who was who, officers handcuffed all of the men and put them on the ground as the shooter bled out into the grass and died.

Because you know how this will end up. "Seeeee! Good guys with guns make a difference!"

[AJL]

They were lucky but foolish. The good-guy-with-a-gun idea is too dangerous and I hate that pro-gun rights folks advocate for it.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jul 13, 2018 21:34:26 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/‘in-all-reality-there-were-three-shooters’-oklahomans-kill-an-active-shooter-and-it’s-not-as-simple-as-it-sounds/ar-AAA1hQP?ocid=spartanntp

Juan Carlos Nazario was sitting on a lakeside bench waiting to play soccer when he heard the staccato popping of gunshots outside Louie’s On the Lake, a popular waterfront grill and pub. He ran to his car to get his gun and moved toward the sounds.

Bryan Whittle was driving with his wife, heading off for a Memorial Day weekend getaway, when he saw a commotion outside Louie’s. He thought someone might be drowning, so instead of turning his truck onto the highway, he barreled into the parking lot to offer help. As he jumped out, what he learned stunned him: There was an active shooter just yards away, and wounded victims were holed up in the restaurant’s bathroom.

Whittle, too, grabbed his gun.

In a matter of seconds, the two armed citizens became self-appointed protectors, moving to take up positions around the shooter, drawing their weapons and shouting for him to drop his. Time stretched and warped. There was an exchange of gunfire. The gunman was hit several times and fell. As Nazario and Whittle converged over the man to restrain him, police arrived. Unsure who was who, officers handcuffed all of the men and put them on the ground as the shooter bled out into the grass and died.

Because you know how this will end up. "Seeeee! Good guys with guns make a difference!"

This is like Westworld.

[UMaineTeach]

Nazario, a former police officer... Whittle who has served for nearly 20 years in the Oklahoma Air National Guard

So highly trained good guys, one of whom states that should they not have come in the same way, they would have mistaken each other for a bad guy.